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Summary Of The Ghosts Tale By Edwidge Danticat
I picked up the Ghosts tale by Edwidge Danticat because I’m somehow familiar with the Haitian life.
In summary, the story describes the life in Haiti. It is about Power, Corruption, and Humanity. The story is about Pascal and his family living in a middle-class area called Bel-Air where his family runs a restaurant in the area. It has a lot of gang activities which dominates the Haitian life. The Gang was predominately lead by Tiye, and his lieutenants were later he will play a significant role in the whole story. Pascal is working as a writer for a radio station where he came up with an idea to run a show based on Gang members describing their impact on the Haitian life and its people. His idea was rejected, and a similar show is a broadcast

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