Night Women By Edwidge Danticat

In this short response, I am going to talk about the story called “Night Women” by Edwidge Danticat and the TED talk “We Should All Be Feminists” by Edichie. To start with, “Night Women” is a story which for me and I am pretty sure that for everybody too, is a very beautiful, interesting, and sad story. It is about the life and hard times of any single mother who has to do whatever possible to provide a means for their family because her son’s father decided to “disappear with the nights shadows a long time ago.” It shows different feelings, which are mixed, and some of these feelings are the innocence of a child as well as the care and love of a mother through hard work, sacrifice, and dedication. She was a prostitute and in
However, going back to the story, I can notice that she didn’t like what she was doing and I can support this because in the beginning of her story, she stated: “The night is the time I dread most in my life. Yet if I am to live, I must depend on it.” Nevertheless, at the end of the story she also said “I watch the piece-worker women march one another to the open market half a day’s walk from where they live. I thank the stars that at least I have the days to myself.” This statement could be controversial because some people can assume that she is happy with what she is doing due to the fact that she doesn’t
But, I still think that she didn’t like what she was doing. In addition, Edwidge Danticat also uses metaphors and imagery perfectly. As an example, she used the word “angels” when she was talking about her customers. Another thing that Edwidge Danticat employed in this story that I liked very much was the imagery that she placed in the story. As an example, I liked when she described her room, which consisted of two sides separated by a curtain, from where I can conclude that each side has its own meaning for her. One side is for work, where she has to endure the hardships of prostitution; and in the other side is the person who she loves the most, the reason to endure the misery of prostitution. This kind of description and the used words engage the reader and make the story more interesting. The used language to describe herself was interesting too, but kind of confusing as well. I say confusing because when she was talking about the two kinds of women that there are, she used words that made me think a lot. She said that she was between” the day and night in a golden amber bronze.” I still don’t have clear what she