Some of the things that were confusing to me was, why did he personify “Fuku”. An example of how he personified “Fuku” was on the fifth page where he said, “no matter what you believe, fuku believes in you”.  I am confused about the fact of why he would write it that way, he could have just said curse can still affect you or something of a sort. I think the reason why he did that is because by making it an entity it sounds scarier than saying you can still get cursed and show how the people of the Dominican Republic felt when they think they are Fuku. it doesn’t matter about who its victim as long as the person was cursed they will be punished for it. Another thing that was really confused me was on page 4  ” it’s important to remember fukú doesn’t always strike like lightning. Sometimes it works patiently, drowning a nigger by degrees, like with the Admiral or the U.S. in paddies outside of Saigon.” I can understand the first half of the quote and it being that fuku can happen anytime but not the drowning part. what does the by degrees mean, does it mean drowning black people by the masses or killing in the masses in general. What does it have to do with the Admiral and U.S.? Also, why use the n-word with the hard r? Does it have to with it being more shocking fitting with the beginning of the quote of fuku happening any time? Another thing is he uses the statement “negro, please” in the paragraph before which the statement isn’t usually said as negro but instead as the n-word with an a. Why is he formal with the first one but not the other one? Lastly, the paddies outside of Saigon was he trying to say how Americans hiding in paddies is how Fuku can be slow and ready to attack. This is my whole process with this one quote I was trying to understand and I think I am starting to understand it.