Children Of The Sea Krik Krak Character Analysis

There are a lot of diverse stories that click together like a puzzle. Sometimes we see different characters that don’t seem to relate, but all have a connection in some way or form. Many stories create specific character traits, making the reader feel certain types of moods towards those readers. In the book, Krik Krak, a series of short stories, the author Danticat utilizes juxtaposition to create lonely characters that in return create the overall mood of sadness throughout the book. The specific examples that best display lonely characters creating an overall sense of sadness are a young lover, a troubled man, and a single mother. The first short story of the book, “Children of the Sea”, one of the main characters travels at sea without anyone he loves there by his side to accompany him. The boys sit in the boat all day and night with nothing but a journal and his busy writing utensils. He is very empty and missing everything when he said “You thought I was testing your will, but all I wanted was to be near you” (pg.6). The reader sees his train of thought isn’t happy anymore. This character creates the mood of how sad his life is as he spends his last days alone. …show more content…
He starts off by saying, “I remember him as a man that I would never want to be” (pg.77). This shows the reader that he is the only one who wants to live his life more different than anyone else. The unhappy factor of this section is when the author writes “Within seconds, Guy was in the air hurtling down towards the crowd” (pg.77). Guy realizes that his only way of escaping his tragic life is death. The character portrayed how his loneliness puts him in a miserable