The Farming of Bones, The End

The end of Farming of Bones was a little predictable. Since I knew that Amabelle's dream was to return to Hati, it was predictable that she would at least try to "return to Hati" (Danticat 125). Danticat constantly foreshadows Amallebe`s dream when "On the border... A large group is crossing" (Danticat 141), and Amabelle agrees to cross the border with Doctor, Mimi and Sebastien. Danticat makes the reader believe "too much" (Danticat 143) on Amabelle`s dream, "go to the border" (Danticat 161)  . However, there is a twist at the end of the story because "Sebastien was arrested at the church" and "Mimi too" ( Danticat 163). Amabelles dream was not completley acomplished. She would of wanted to return to Hati with Sebastien and Mimi. Nevertheless, Amabelle continues to perssue her dream and arrived to the border. It impressed me a lot that she wanted to die, she wanted to be carried "into Sebastien`s cave," her "father`s laughter," and "mother`s eternity" (Danticat 310). She even "slipped into the current" (Danticat 310). At the end Amabelle found the "peace" she was looking for and descided to go with the current.

As I said before, this book is predictable. It was an interesting story that kept me enteratined. Something I liked about this book is that it is history, which is a subject I love. Therefore, I was interested towards the book.

Interview with Edwige Danticat

Edwige Danticat is a Haitian American author raised in New York by her aunt and uncle. Danticat is the author of The Farming of Bones, a novel telling the story of a Haitian worker in Santo Domingo. Amabelle is a girl who became orphan since she was young and Danticat might feel identified with her since she was also a young orphan. For example the "characters spirit chase her, that probably might be that Amabelles experiences are identified with her experiences. However not many things have to do with her, when she writes she is constantly thinking of what to write. She has a "balance"to hi-light the events and drama to create around her characters. Aswell as in The Farming of Boner, her work is drawn to the conflict when Amabelle is a women who "fights"to return to Haiti, her native land.

Danticat writes about realities because the conflict comes in our case". Therefore, she has had unhappy stories in her life which are transmitted through her writings. The "story comes from"her experiences and she trying to understand the reason of things. "Going back"was Amabelle's dream, as well as Danticat, returning to her native land. She has been tied to her land, she is grateful for the identity that Haiti has given her and the proudness to represent Haiti. She want to come back to the place, "to create the country"she has been thinking.

The Farming of Bones

In The Farming of Bones Amabelle is offered to return to Hati. It was the place she had not seen since she was a child. Doctor Javier is the one who gives the offer to Amabelle, "If you want, you can come with me and some others. There`ll be many children with us, perhaps ten orphans." (Danticat 79). This might of been a good offer for Amabelle because she had not given herself "much time to think about this, to consider returning to a place"(Danticat 79). This was her chance to change her life, however things not always work out and she was asked to stay at papi`s.

When there is a good offer you might want to take it. Nevertheless anything can change it. Like what happened to Amabelle. She was offered to work at the orphan but, Señora Valencia`s son died and it is something that might made her stay. Eventhough She new she was going to have a better life with Doctor Javier. This is like in Gone With The Wind, Scarlett`s slave could of run away when Atlanta is on fire but, they realized that they would rather stay with their "owners". Amabelle was not owned by anyone but she had been very attached to Señora Valencia for a long time of her life and something might made her stay.