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.

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.

When reading this section of the book Sophie leaves from her home in New York City and goes back to her home country of Haiti. When arriving to Haiti she meets with her Tante Atie and her best friend Louise, They began to speak and Tante Atie telling Sophie she looks just like how she did before she left for NYC. The part that surprises me while reading this was when Atie explains to Sophie how Louise taught her to read and she even wrote poems. I found this to be interesting because when Sophie wanted her to come to school she didn’t want to go because she taught that kids teaching her to read was pretty absurd but then she gets taught to read by Louise. So it makes me wonder what made her change her mind and take lessons from Louise and not from Sophie when she was younger.

As I continued again reading the novel Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat I witnessed a great change to new places and people in the book. I was surprised that Sophie now has a baby girl. For some reason I thought Sophie would pursue her life in a more educational way graduating from college with a degree or becoming a doctor. Perhaps her mother’s mindset of Sophie made me to believe that Sophie was really like that. Thats what I found astonishing. That although most of the reading was about Sophie finally setting herself free from the person her mother encaged her in. That I too saw her as a very almost angelic girl/ or perfect girl. I was surprised that when Sophie finally got away from her mother she did thinks a totally different way then her mother wanted her to.

While reading into part 3 I was confused but then realized as we enter into a new part , it’s a new part I Sophie’s life as well. So while reading you see Sophie has had a child and the some of the secrets are starting to come alive. Sophie’s actions are kind of catching up to her. What interest me was that it has been only two years and she is married, has a child and her mother is still holding onto that grudge and not speaking to her. Also, some of the family’s past doings affect Sophie. The testing has effected her long term because her and her mother don’t speak they don’t have that mother-daughter relationship they were trying to build. Also, it has affected Sophie’s marriage she feels like she is fat and is embarrassed by her body and can’t perform her wifely duties. I’m starting to think was the testing worth it? what did it prove? because look at her now she has left her husband. Maybe she should have let nature run its course and let it play out. But, then I understand why she did it because she was tired of it.

In part three Sophie goes back to Haiti and stays with her aunt and grandmother. You can see how much she has grown because of the way she loves and cares for her child. She also came on her little adventure alone leaving her husband in New York showing she’s capable of being on her own. She can take care of her self. One part that stood out to me was when they were at the market and Sophie got to see the things that go on. Louise started asking if they would buy her pig. This part stood out to me because when ever you’re in a third world country or birth country they natives can tell you’re an outsider and they always tend to bother you. Often time treating you really good because they are hoping for something else in return like when Louise gave Sophie the drink she said I know you’ll pay me later. There’s also a scene that’s shows how dangerous these countries are and you have to look out for yourself and be careful. The coal vendor was getting beaten and Sophie’s grandmother made a remark asking if she wanted to be next. Overall this part of the book showed us how Sophie matured and how Haiti

In this reading section the repercussions of Sophie’s actions seem to catch up to her.

What shocked me however was the fact that her mother was still holding a grudge. Ignoring Sophie’s calls and letters not even making an effort to see her first grandchild. I understand that Sophie did a hurtful thing but after missing so much years of Sophie’s life already I think Martine could’ve at least made an effort to amend the situation as time passed. Her grandmother and Tante Atie always says that all 4 women are “cut from the same cloth” because of their similarities but Martine is nowhere as close to forgiving or compassionate as her mother and sister.

Another part that stood out to me was when they mentioned that Joseph couldn’t understand why Sophie would do such a thing. I could not explain to him that it was like breaking manacles, an act of freedom. I think this was referring to much more than being tested for Sophie. It was everything her mother forced her into – from being hauled to New York, placed into that French speaking school, told she was becoming a doctor and barely being able to make eye contact with Joseph. The testing, which was like the ultimate control was the last straw for Sophie.

Sophie returned to Haiti after being in New York City for many years. In addition, Sophie was married with Joseph and had a daughter named Brigitte. Also, she met a woman named Louise who wanted to go the United States of America just like Sophie. She worked as a secretary. I found Sophie’s personality significant because she raising her daughter very well and had a full-time job after finishing college. The scene with Sophie missing her husband, Joseph was very significant. I believed it was very important because he used to play his saxophone next to the pregnant Sophie while she was pregnant. Also, she put on one of his old shirts. This shows how Sophie really missed her husband, but never forgotten about him. Another scene was with coal vendor being  attacked by the Macoutes. After the coal vendor accidently stepped on the baby-faced Macoute’s foot, the latter hit the vendor’s ribs with automatic gun. Furthermore, the other macoutes ruthlessly attacked the vendor with their boots. Most of the people including Grandme Ife, Louise and Sophie were appalled at this scene.

While reading these chapters of the book, Sophie  has left her mother and is now married to Joseph and has daughter name Brigitte. You could see how Sophie is maturing and becoming a adult and making her own decisions. She went to Haiti to visit Tante Atie and her grandmother and they was extremely surprised to see her. She couldn’t Believe she was all grow and wasn’t a kid anymore also tante atie is learning how to read and write after all these years.

In these chapters of the book, Sophie  has left her mother and is now married to Joseph and has daughter name Brigitte. She went to Haiti to visit Tante Atie and her grandmother and they was extremely surprised to see her. They could not believe how grown she is and that she has a kid and is married. During her visit in Haiti, Sophie was proud of Tante Atie because she is learning her words. Also, Tante Atie seemed to be acting very different ever since she came from Croix-des-Rosets and even the grandmother noticed it. On thing I notice during these chapters was that Tanti Atie was doing her lesson in the yard by waving to an invisible face. This seemed a little weird to me.