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Gage Dasilva Mrs. Parkerson World Literature 7 December, 2015 Krik? Krak! Essay Edwidge Danticat, the author of Krik Krak, which is a series of short stories, that has different characters but the same problem. Juxtaposition is being utilized by Danticat to create faithful characters that create a sense of hope. The faithful characters in Krik Krak, look for a sense of hope, either a young girl hopes to reunite with her love, a daughter hopes her mother finds a way out, and a mother who hopes angels will save her and her son. This sense of hope is created from faithful characters. Danticat uses juxtaposition to create these faithful characters who are faithful to their families and because …show more content…

“I heard that another boat sank off the coast of the bahamas. I can’t think about you being in there in the waves”(p. 28-29). Also, she’s very faithful to her family, no matter what they go through and the problems they have with each other. The way she’s faithful to her family show’s she has hope, she hopes that her and her family will survive. “They were going to arrest me…. papa heard about it. He went to the post and paid …show more content…

And because of it she finds a sense of hope. “We are like faraway lovers, lying to one another. Under different moons”(p.85-86). Her being faithful to her only love, her son, creates a sense of hope. She hopes that her and her son will be saved from the harsh life they live. She hopes that it will be angels that will save them. “I tell that we are expecting a sweet angel and when angels tread, the hosts must be as beautiful as floating hibiscus” (p.86). Through all the things they go

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