The beginning of Danticat’s novel dealt with new beginnings. There were several instances where the main characters of each passage tried to rid themselves of their past. Ka’s father literally leaves the country and moves to a place where there shouldn’t be a sign of his Haitian heritage. Also, when Ka’s father exposed his secret to Ka it was him coming to terms to what he was. Ka soon brung up the “Negative Confession” ritual, which took place before the weighing of the hearts. Which symbolized that the dead done only good throughout their lives. It was never stated why he felt the need to do that? Who was dying? Was that his way of officially letting that side of him die? On another note, the husband, in the “Seven” passage tries to start
