Edwidge Danticat: Our Country's Political System

One of the things that shape us as unique individuals is our country’s political system. Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti in 1969 and during that time, Haiti’s political system was outrageous, causing many families and people to flee the country. Just like the soldiers who threatened to kill the brother Lionel in the book, many of those soldiers threatened citizens of Haiti and also killed them too. After this, the soldiers charged the both, the mother and Lionel, with crimes and they were sent to prison. I think from this really toughened Danticat up and it really impacted her as a person, and child because she grew up running and trying to survive in her country from soldiers. As she grew older, I think it affected her more as new problems grew. Her mother died and that affected her a lot because she was all that she had left. Also, as time went by, she had no one by her side and in rough times, she was all
I think there are certain standards here on how to “grow up” or raise a child everywhere, no matter where you reside, but I think that I was raised a certain way. Although I was raised in America, I am Asian American. And people that live in America come from all around the world, bringing along certain customs and beliefs from their own cultures, making it a more diverse place to live in. Personally, I think that my country’s political climate has shaped me to also be an independent person. In U.S history especially, there were many topics on rights, but specifically women’s right and what we could do, could not do, and what we could not believe in. I think that really shaped a part of me to be strong, open minded of more things, and determined in what I believed in. Adding on to this, I think that the situation or event that occurred in my country made me more independent as not just a person, but also as a woman because still throughout the world today, people still view men as more dominant and the one with more rights and