Claire Duvalier Character Analysis

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Love, anger and madness is a Haitian trilogy that reflect the cruel, discriminatory, and corruptive system of Duvalier. Marie Chauvet through this excellent novel reflects the barbarities that were committed by Papa Doc during his regime.She encourages Haitians to get united and overthrow the martyr that seem to be fighting with the white imperialism.But in reality Duvalier is destroying the country though his mulato economic elite and American business interests. Claire and Annette are two relevant characters that express the harsh Haitian situation during Duvalier dictatorship and the necessity of change.

Claire is a character that is a symbol of rebellion. Claire represent frustration for being a 39 virgin woman who is attracted
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But Then, American females tired of this situation decided to establish " the women's liberation movement". In 1968, as women's liberation groups were spreaded across the country. According to Vintee Sawhney (2001), " 'Mimi Feingold founded San Francisco's first small group which was integrated by some women who have connections to antiwar organizations". In the rest of the country, the founders of women's liberation movements were veteran activists that took part of the civil rights movement and others movements established in the early 1960s. Sawney (2001), discusses the following: Feingold had participated in many relevant collisions such as the Freedom Rides, the Congress for Racial Equality, and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), etc.This movement was based on the philosophy and ideology that women could have a say in their government to defend their feminist …show more content…
Chauvett wants to make the audience realize that Haitian society needs urgently changes to function adequately, appropriately and equitably. Chauvett by the character of Claire reflects the cruel events the poor individuals were protagonists due to Duvallier discrimination. Annette was the representation of that women liberation to change the mentality of a chauvinist society. Chauvete reflects the necessity of feminist liberal movements to eradicate with the dictatorship controlled by male duvalierst. As an intellectual woman chauvette wishes Haitian females could adopt similar visions and mentalities of women in United States who establish movements to fight for the rights about workplace, domestic and abortiom issues and their abilities to get fair job opportunities as men in the employment

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