PRESENTATION
presentation
Name: Natanael Peguero
Teacher: German, Lorena
Date: 10-30-10
Class: English
Project: Children of the Sea
Author, Publication Date Localization
The First published of the Children of the Sea was in the October of
1993, this was a short fiction story by women under the title from
the ocean floor , the children of the sea. This story also included in
edwidge danticat’s 1995 short story collection of krik? Krak! This
story of young couple separated by political conflict in Haiti, it
received the positive attention from critics as did the book, and the
author quickly gained a reputation as one of the most promising
writers in the United States. The tragic story, which concerns a
doomed fate of a young couple, concerns many of the issues
Danticat addresses in her other stories and in her novel, Breath,
Eyes, Memory, which was published in 1994.
Setting Analysis
Where did this story take place?
This story take place in Haiti, when two
partner were passing for a hard situation that
made them be separated to each other, the
young revolutionary boy decided to leave his
country because he was wanted by the
authorities in Haiti, as well as from poverty
and violence, he had to leave Haiti and his girl
in search of a better life, he traveled in a boat
to Miami.
Why do you think that the author
choose this setting?
Well from what I could understand about this
story. I think the author feels consented about
what happened to these people and I think
that she passed through the same situation
then she decided to write about what
happened during that time.
Summary
• This story is about a boy and a girl that they
were in love. Also the boy had to leave his
country because he’s against the government
and he had a radio show that influenced the
people against the government. The boy and
girl tell their stories through a series of letters.
Though they cannot mail these letters, they
are writing to appease their loneliness while
they are away from one another.
• Copied by carlos ditren.
How does this setting relate to the
work as whole?
this is related to the work as a whole, as we
saw in class and I could read it all together we
saw a young Haitian revolutionary boy,
thinking of his girlfriend and he's on a small
boat that has set sail to Miami, Florida. He is
going into exile because he is wanted by the
Haitian government.
Character Analysis part I
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Who are the primary characters?
The boy and the girl.
Who are the secondary characters?
Celianne, father, mother and madam Roger.
Character Analysis part II
Chose 1 character and explain how they changed/
grew throughout the story.
In my case I have chose one person of the secondary
character that is a young woman of fifteen years old
called who is on the boat. She was pregnant. Celianne
has been raped and impregnated by the soldiers who
had come to her house to arrest her brother. During the
voyage she gives birth to a girl who is stillborn. The
child's silence underscores the symbolism of her
mother's silence, which indicates that spiritually,
Celianne is already dead. When she throws the baby's
body into the sea, she jumps in after it and drowns.
THEME
What was the theme of the story?
The theme of children of the Sea, It refers to concepts from
life, society causes by the regiments , for speaking publicly,
and for trying to protect their families. The message of
story is telling the people how was Haiti at this time and
also telling us if the Haitian people disagree about the
government, It is the fundamental thought around which
the entire work of literature is based on a young boy and a
young girl that they passed for a difficult time that they
cant see each others. I think this message was wrote to
those people who today day are trying to leave theirs
country causes of that slave and the economy situation in
theirs country.
My opinion about this story .
Well after all I can say, when I was reading this
story the Children of the sea I asked to myself
how these people survived during the time
that they were sailing, I understand the causes
of why they had to leave their country. the
primaries characters, for example they been
in love and they had to separated because the
boy were wanted by the police and he had to
leave in a boat to Miami. And at the end the
story do not tell us what happened with them.