Dew Breaker: A Brief Summary

During the interviews with Edwidge Danticat she started talking about how her life was when she was a young girl living in Haiti during the dictatorship of Jean-Clause Duvalier and eventually migrating to Brooklyn New York an the age of 12 year old. Because of the tough times Danticat’s parents wore forced to leave the country and find a better life to provide for them and their children. Then ended up in American and worked hard for 12 before seeing their kids again for the first time. While Dantica lived in Haiti she spoke Creole and French. When she came to America she had to learn English from the start, and knowing that her parents did not waist any time with her education. Her first day at school was 3 days after arriving in New York. Because they were poor in Haiti, her father always
She came out with 2 more books after and her recent is called the The Dew Breaker. This book uses 9 short stories that are linked together around a central character called Dew Breaker. Even though he calls himself Bienaime, his name is fake because he was part of the dictatorship that lasted 25 years. While Dew Breaker was living in Haiti he committed many crimes that led to a scar on his face. After coming to New York with his wife and daughter, his decided to leave his violent past behind and transform to a new person. Even though he is a good person now, we should not excuse people like that, everyone should be held accountable for their actions according to Danticat. Because of her ambitious towards educating Danticat ended up going to Brown University for her Master in Fine Arts. She is not just a writer, but also a teacher in writing. When asked what legacy does she want to leave behind as a writer and a Haitian woman, she responded “her books since they are very close to her soul and the key to her