Wall Of Fire Rising Analysis

For some characters in the stories Danicat writes about, death provides the only freedom possible. They have gone through so much that all they have is false hope. And when that fades away all they have is the truth that things will not get better for them. With the government being as strict as it is and the living conditions being as horrible as they are, it is no wonder that people find freedom in death. And freedom in death is not just suicide, but dying in the action of finding freedom.

Her first story, “Children of the Sea”, shows that when their freedom is too far, death is what sets them free. The people sailing to America realize that as the boat starts to fail them and when Celianne’s baby dies and is thrown overboard. “She threw

He sees a hot air balloon in the lot near his house and has a dream about flying and going to a better place where he can be free. He says, “Sometimes, I just want to take that big balloon and ride it up in the air. I’d like to sail off somewhere and keep floating until I got to a really nice place with a nice plot of land where I could be something new. I’d build my own house, keep my own garden. Just be something new.” He gets to the balloon and starts flying away. As he is flying away he realizes that his dream will never come true. So he jumps out of the balloon falling to his death. He knew the freedom he wanted would never be in reach for him, so death was the only escape he had from the struggle in Haiti and with killing himself he had found his freedom. As Lili and Little Guy are standing over Guy, Little Guy recites part of his lines, “I call on everyone and anyone so that we shall all let out one piercing cry that we may either live freely or we should

The people on the boat cannot reach their freedom and drown in the sea finding freedom in death. The mother in “Nineteen Thirty-Seven” crosses the river for her freedom and is captured and thrown into jail for the rest of her life. When she dies, she gets back the freedom that she once was so close to. Guy in “Wall of Fire Rising” has a dream about what his life will be like when he finds his freedom. He gets into a hot air balloon to fly and try to find that place, but once he realizes that his freedom is not within reach he jumps out the balloon and kills himself. All of these people are beaten down by Haiti and they find their sweet release in