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.

I really enjoy this book out of the others I feel that this book has alot of foreshadowing scenes which leads to several plots. Going towards the end of the book i kind of knew that Sophie’s mother was going to commit suicide. She gave ideas as in how she wanted her grave set up and where she wanted it placed. The next amazing part I found out that after sophie has gotten older she goes back to New York and re bonded with her mom. I felt like that moment was what her mom wanted from the beginning. Then going back to the very end i feel like Sophie can finally move on with her life as an adult and she will always remember her mother, from the experience and what she was taught. I also feel that she would have a few regrets wishing whats she could have done to prevent her mothers death.

After reading the end of the story Breath, Eyes, Memory I reflect back on the events of the story and how i looked at each character is way different now. For example with matrine I used to not think much of her but after she died it really who her character was and what she was supposed to symbolize became more clear to me. It was very sad that she died the way she did and after all she had been through. Sophie matured a lot from this loss and the readers are able to see that she has alot of love for her mother despite not being able to show it before. Personally, I had a feeling something bad would happen to someone and I was thinking Tante Atie would be the unfortunate one but I felt bad for Matrine when I realized it was her that was gonna die. The section of the ending that mentioned “a place where wind blows through trees and it sounds like songs” was interesting and seemed very cryptic in my opinion.

Throughout the novel, there was this one moment which really shocked me. Everything was becoming clear for Sophie and secretes the mother kept from Sophie were revealed. Sophie and her mother Martine, started to overcome their differences. They began to develop a mother and daughter bondage like all parents would. Everything was going all good, up until Sophie was informed that her mother was pregnant. Due to her mother’s pregnancy Sophie became a reliable resource for Martine. It also brought them even closer because it made the mother and daughter bondage even stronger. Martine, was dependent on Sophie because she was in a process of giving birth to a child. Martine suddenly undergoes a psychotic state which she recalls the rape that traumatized her all her life. Now that Martine, is traumatized she commits suicide by stabbing herself 17 times in the stomach.  Now that Martine is gone Sophie is now a free and independent woman. Sophie believes that she’s about to begin a new chapter in life. Although freedom has very different ideas especially in America and Haiti. In America freedom is based upon Material, Knowledge, and growth. In Haiti freedom is based upon loyalty, family, friendship, culture, and respect.

Now that I have reached the ending of novel Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat I have a very different view for each character in the novel then I did from first begging the novel. To start with main character Sophie, I believe she turns into a mature women. It hurt me that only through Sophie’s mother’s death is where Sophie has grasp new understandings with life, and her mother, but its better late than never. Yes, the death of Martine is extremely sad, especially it being that it was a suicide, but it gives us, the readers a better understanding of Martine’s true pain. Martine was not a stabled character; she was sad, depressed, and tragic. Also, it gives us a new type of Sophie who’s able to now understand her mothers pain. Sophie is also now able to love her mother to the fullest, as she was not able to do before.

Near the end of the novel, I found something very significant in this scene. When Sophie visited Rena’s office, the latter asked how her mother was doing. Sophie said to Rena that her mother, Martine was in her state of mind. In addition, Martine was pregnant. Her plan was to get rid of her baby by abortion. The reason Martine planned to sent her baby to abortion because she heard the baby saying mean things to her. Rena believed Martine needed an exorcism before planning to abort the baby. This scene is very similar to the novel, I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem. For example, Tituba had a child after the former was born from the rape and had experienced tragedy and pain. Unfortunately, Tituba could not raised this child and threw the infant in the fire. Another scene I found very important from Breath, Eyes, Memory was Martine’s death. After Martine committed suicide, Sophie felt devastated of her death because she did not support despite their relationship being restored.

As I come closer to the end of the book I begin to like Sophie’s character a little more. Even though Sophie and her mother had many problem in the past (mostly because of the test) I like the fact that they were both able to overcome their problems, so they can maintain a healthy mother-daughter relationship. I also like the fact that Sophie started to go to a sexual phobia group (therapy), I feel that it was well need for her.  For Sophie to be around people that have a type similar story to why they are having problems with sex and how that problem has affected their lives is good, I feel that these group meetings is helping Sophie to get over her problems with sex and the “Test”. Lastly Sophie’s mother passing, I really wasn’t surprised that Sophie’s mother took her own life. Often in the book Sophie’s mother nightmares got even worst because of the pregnancy, she even stated that everywhere she looked she saw the face of the man who raped her. I believe that the pregnancy made Martine go insane, she truly believed that her baby was a boy and that he was tormenting her. The reason I wasn’t surprised Marine took her own life was because of the gathering she had at her house (with Marc, Joseph and Sophie). At this gathering Joseph was singing Martine’s favorite spiritual “Sometimes I feel like a motherless child”,she then stated that “ I want that sung at my funeral”. I don’t know why but when Sophie’s family mentions something about funerals they tend to believe that their time has come.  

Sophie and her mother returns to New York from Haiti after they made peace with each other, Martine also settles some business with her mother’s and sister Tante Atie, she says to Sophie that the next time she comes to Haiti is to be buried. This statement turns out to be very true. On their return Martine discloses to Sophie that she is pregnant, but the pregnancy isn’t welcomed. The pregnancy has heightened her pains from the past, her mental health is also spiraling out of control.

Martine is displaying symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia, she tells Sophie that the baby is calling her names, it calls her a filthy whore and she needs it out of her, Sophie suggests she seeks medical help but she refuses to face her demons. The dreams are more frequent and vivid and she is experiencing the rape over and over every night. Martine needs to relieve herself of her pregnancy and quiet the voices in her head, the pain is now unbearable. The madness drove her to stab her stomach seventeen times ultimately killing herself and the baby inside her.