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Fire Rising By Edwidge Danticat

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The short story “A Wall of Fire Rising” by Edwidge Danticat has one of the several important settings, and it is the hot-air balloon. This air balloon belongs to the sugar mill owner’s son and catches everyone’s attention. Moreover, it has a great influence on one of the main characters of the story, the Guy, and it seems to be on his mind all the time. Every time he and his family walk across the sugar field, he stops by the fence which separates the air balloon from curious people and stares at the balloon for a while. Even his wife notices that and feels like the Guy is lost to her as he sees it, she sees him completely immersed in his thoughts (Danticat 238). Being the only provider to his family and not having a permanent job, the
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