A time that in Danticat story, that the past played a big part towards the future is in the story “
Between the Pool and Gardenias”. This story past played a significant role in the present
because Marie finds a dead baby and starts to talk to the dead baby named Rose. Marie named
the dead baby Rose. Marie then takes the dead baby home and talk to the baby.After Marie
talks to Rose about her problem in life, Marie decides to bury Rose because she thought that
the flies were trapping Rose’s spirits. But Marie has to wait for the police because a rich couple
saw her burying the dead baby. People thought that Marie killed the baby for evil reasons. The
story past significantly plays a big role in Marie future because if Marie had not stop and pick up
the dead baby and started …show more content…
Another story is the “New York Day
Women”, this story has the past that changes the future because in the past Suzette mother
moves and the result of Suzette mother moving is that in the future Suzette would have never
seen her mother out on the streets.
In most of Danticat stories, the past plays a big part in the story, and the past will lead to
something's happening in the future. Just like the time that I got hit by a car. I was only about
five years old when I got hit by a car. It was a busy road, cars would never stop unless it was a
red light or other things that got the driver attention. My family went to the library, but it was not
the whole family. It was just the children from my family. We were allowed to go to the library by
ourselves because the library was really close to our house. When we were heading the the
library, we were about to cross the big street that had the cars running non-stop on it. My sisters
ran to cross the street without me and I was the only one left on the other side of the street. At
that time I did not know how to cross anything, So I just bolted across the street and got hit.
Between the Pool and Gardenias”. This story past played a significant role in the present
because Marie finds a dead baby and starts to talk to the dead baby named Rose. Marie named
the dead baby Rose. Marie then takes the dead baby home and talk to the baby.After Marie
talks to Rose about her problem in life, Marie decides to bury Rose because she thought that
the flies were trapping Rose’s spirits. But Marie has to wait for the police because a rich couple
saw her burying the dead baby. People thought that Marie killed the baby for evil reasons. The
story past significantly plays a big role in Marie future because if Marie had not stop and pick up
the dead baby and started …show more content…
Another story is the “New York Day
Women”, this story has the past that changes the future because in the past Suzette mother
moves and the result of Suzette mother moving is that in the future Suzette would have never
seen her mother out on the streets.
In most of Danticat stories, the past plays a big part in the story, and the past will lead to
something's happening in the future. Just like the time that I got hit by a car. I was only about
five years old when I got hit by a car. It was a busy road, cars would never stop unless it was a
red light or other things that got the driver attention. My family went to the library, but it was not
the whole family. It was just the children from my family. We were allowed to go to the library by
ourselves because the library was really close to our house. When we were heading the the
library, we were about to cross the big street that had the cars running non-stop on it. My sisters
ran to cross the street without me and I was the only one left on the other side of the street. At
that time I did not know how to cross anything, So I just bolted across the street and got hit.