The second part focuses on how Danticat represents testimonies of survivors of the genocide. The characters in the novel employ their own mechanisms in order to survive the genocide. To survive means the kind of lifestyle that characters and protect themselves during the Parsley massacre, escaping from war successfully is also a way of surviving from war.
Amabelle, the story's narrator, and main protagonist, crosses the border in order to escape the killings, therefore this character is on the survivors of Parsley massacre. “There is a …show more content…
The author decided to use historical fiction novel as opposed instead of non-fiction novels like I am Malala or Persepolis because she was not yet born when the Parsley massacre took place so she experienced it like Marjane Satrapi, the author of both I am Malala or Persepolis. She did not know all the real people that participated in the war, therefore, she chose to use her imagination to create characters and represent their role in a number of