The most interesting  part of the book for me is in the end  when Sophie passes from being a listener to a speaker, herself a teller of tales. At the end of her story Sophie has  ability to speak in her own voice, writing her own life and telling her own story. which makes me feel proud of her since she realizes how much love she has from everyone that surrounded her.

In the section of the reading between chapters twenty and twenty-seven, I discover something very significant scene in this novel. The scene was Joseph trying to reach Sophie after calling the apartment phone number. It revealed that Joseph left Sophie and his daughter, Bridgette because he went on a musical tour. Sophie was very nervous about seeing Joseph after he was gone for months. This scene was very significant because it reminded me of a would-be lover that I knew since day camp who have been in the United States Navy for like a month. Another significant scene from the novel was Sophie reuniting with her mother, Martine. Sophie was surprised to her mother because she was different than before. In addition, Martine was very skinny, young and healthy. Also, Martine was more happier than before because she was very strict to Sophie. For example, letting her not see boys and always doing her schoolwork everyday.

One interesting part of these chapter is when Grandmè Ifé said “You must know that everything a mother does, she does for her child’s own good. You cannot always carry the pain. You must liberate yourself….My heart, it weeps like a river for the pain we have caused you.” it suggests that any true liberation must begin with physical freedom, with a woman’s reclaiming of her body as her own. The woman’s body is assigned piecewise to duties and tasks, every bit put to the service of the family’s honor.

In this part of the book the most interesting is when Sophie makes a trip to her grandmother’s homestead allows her into the rural past and into her mother’s history. Rather than a comforting recovery of Sophie’s childhood, the trip becomes a journey inward, a slow unraveling of pain. Where Sophie will expose the horror of the past, but that it will become irrevocably her own.

The part that I found the most significant is when Martine tests Sophie’s virginity by making sure her hymen is intact. Martine tells Sophie Martine tells Sophie the story of the Marassas, two lovers who were so close that they were practically the same person “The love between a mother and daughter is deeper than the sea. You would leave me for an old man you dint know the year before… you are giving up a life time with me.” with this phrase Martine wanted to make it clear to Sophie that although they did not have such a strong relationship as a mother should have her with her ​​daughter. She loved her and care. Since Martine knew that Sophie felt so far away from her, even when they were so close.

The significant moment of this part is when Sophie arrivals to New York and her mother tell her “You are going to work hard here— no one is going to break your heart because you cannot read or write. You have a chance to become the kind of woman Atie and I have always wanted to be. If you make something of yourself in life, we will all succeed. You can raise our heads.”This words for me are very emotional for me because his mother is telling her daughter that she has come to a place where she could perform as the person she wants to be. Where her dreams and ideas will be not frustrated. She will be who defends them from the injustices that society commits.

These first chapters have brought to my attention a lot. In this story I have been able to identify a part of my personal life. One of the first characteristics that catches my attention is that Sophie is left under the care of her aunt. In this part I identify myself with Sophie because I was left with my grandmother when I was a baby. Although I always received the love of my grandparents always I wanted to have the affection of my parents. The scene that appeals to me most is when Sophie made a mother’ day card for her Aunt. in This scene Sophie tried to had good detail with her aunt. however her aunt refused to accept the card, she believed that Sophie’s mother deserved to have the card more than her. Which causes Sophie feel rejected by person to whom she looked like her mother.

One quote that stands out to me is the “Who invented the Macoutes? The devil didn’t do it and God didn’t do it”. This shows the confusion the Auntie Atie add and Martine was struggling with. However in the end she was not able to conquer her demons.

One call and response quote from the book “”Krik?” called my grandmother. “Krak!” answered the boys. Their voices rang like a chorus, aiding my grandmother’s every into her tale”. i can relate to this because in my household and in other people they too I call in response too it shows that the culture can be passed down from generation to generation.