Mrs. Parkerson
World Literature
7 December, 2015
Krik Krak Essay
Juxtaposition can be best described as the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. Normally, people always seem to believe that there is only black and white or good and bad. However, this does not seem to be the case in real life situations. This book seems to be an incredible opportunity to experience complex stories that expose the harsh reality of life. In the book, Krik Krak, a series of short stories, the author Danticat utilizes juxtaposition to create complex characters that in return create an overall feeling of mixed emotions. The specific examples that best display complex characters creating an overall sense of mixed emotions …show more content…
From the start he never seems satisfied with the life he has. Then again who would be? Guy is simply not happy with his situation, he longs for more. There is a scene where the boy asks “ What’s the matter with Papy?” (Danticat 71) to which the mother responds by saying “ ‘ His heart hurts’ ” (Danticat 71). Guy is proud of his son and yet ashamed of himself. As he’s talking to his wife he says, “‘ how a man is remembered after he’s gone? I know the answer now… I remember him as a man I would have never wanted to be’” (Danticat 75). At this point it should be obvious the story is coming to a close. The next day he jumped off the hot air balloon and committed suicide. It is the complex characters such as Guy who create a sense of mixed emotions to the reader. Specifically sad for Guy when he kills himself however happy since he’s finally …show more content…
Her life is very odd. At first she describes how there are two types of women and how she falls in the middle. “... day women and night women. I am stuck between the day and night in a golden amber bronze” (Danticat 88). Stating that the only reason she is a prostitute is in order to survive. She wants her son to hold on to his innocence as long as he can. “should my son wake up, I have prepared my fabrication” (Danticat 88). She has prepared a lie for her son in the event that he is to catch her in the act. Complex characters like her leave the reader with a sense of mixed emotions. Sad to see that she must sell her body to survive but happy that she finds a way to hide the ugly, real world from her
World Literature
7 December, 2015
Krik Krak Essay
Juxtaposition can be best described as the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. Normally, people always seem to believe that there is only black and white or good and bad. However, this does not seem to be the case in real life situations. This book seems to be an incredible opportunity to experience complex stories that expose the harsh reality of life. In the book, Krik Krak, a series of short stories, the author Danticat utilizes juxtaposition to create complex characters that in return create an overall feeling of mixed emotions. The specific examples that best display complex characters creating an overall sense of mixed emotions …show more content…
From the start he never seems satisfied with the life he has. Then again who would be? Guy is simply not happy with his situation, he longs for more. There is a scene where the boy asks “ What’s the matter with Papy?” (Danticat 71) to which the mother responds by saying “ ‘ His heart hurts’ ” (Danticat 71). Guy is proud of his son and yet ashamed of himself. As he’s talking to his wife he says, “‘ how a man is remembered after he’s gone? I know the answer now… I remember him as a man I would have never wanted to be’” (Danticat 75). At this point it should be obvious the story is coming to a close. The next day he jumped off the hot air balloon and committed suicide. It is the complex characters such as Guy who create a sense of mixed emotions to the reader. Specifically sad for Guy when he kills himself however happy since he’s finally …show more content…
Her life is very odd. At first she describes how there are two types of women and how she falls in the middle. “... day women and night women. I am stuck between the day and night in a golden amber bronze” (Danticat 88). Stating that the only reason she is a prostitute is in order to survive. She wants her son to hold on to his innocence as long as he can. “should my son wake up, I have prepared my fabrication” (Danticat 88). She has prepared a lie for her son in the event that he is to catch her in the act. Complex characters like her leave the reader with a sense of mixed emotions. Sad to see that she must sell her body to survive but happy that she finds a way to hide the ugly, real world from her