This reading was disturbing at the beginning, and at the end. At the beginning of the reading in chapter 5, we see that a young boys’ father dies in a fire, and he is sent to live with his relatives. This is disturbing since the boy lost the only person he probably had an intimate relationship with, and is being sent to live with essential “strangers”. In chapter 8, we learn that Sophie is a result of a rape from her mother. This reminded me of Tituba, in the fact that Tituba was also a result of rape, however, unlike Tituba, Martine doesn’t really have a hate for Sophie like  Abeena had for Tituba. Martine just see’s it as “it happened and there’s nothing you could do about it” (Hakuna Mattata).