Analysis of Danticat's Candor

Journal Entry 2 Edwidge Danticat’s delicately written fictional autobiography, Breath, Eyes, Memory, illustrates the personal story of a young Haitian girl’s struggle to find her inner being. Sophie’s thoughts are very vivid but not biased. Danticat’s descriptions of the world around the protagonist are very well designed because they allow the reader to make decisions based on his or her own conclusions. Her sense of honest fairness that she depicts through the eyes of the protagonist makes her work more universal and relatable. A specific part of the narrative in which I appreciate the author’s candor is when Sophie describes her mother’s insecurities but accepts her imperfections. Sophie sees light in everything and fails to let things drag her down. She isn’t resilient to conform, but rather insists on creating a positive life for herself. She does anything to make her mother happy. Deep in her heart Sophie knows she doesn’t want to be a doctor but her mother’s insistence takes precedence of her own thoughts. (56) Instead of pondering why her mother works such inhospitable jobs, she feels pity and wants to help her mother out. She understands and refrains from asking her mother questions about the mysterious Marc Chevalier, a long-time boyfriend. Danticat uses Sophie’s thoughts to portray a candor attitude. She is always respectful although she started out knowing very little about her mother. She always has a sense of hope that is very commendable and Danticat is faithful to the point she is trying to