The World Of The Dewbreaker
Edwidge Danticat created a unique world in his story The Dewbreaker. The primary features of the spatial world are the setting of the story. The narrator and her family live in New York City. She and her father leave her mother in New York, and they drive to Florida. The majority of this story take place in Tampa area where they stay at a small hotel while they wait to visit the estate of a famous young entertainer.
The cultural world includes the Haitian culture of all characters. However, it also includes the ancient Egyptian culture because the father seemed obsessed with this culture. He even named his daughter, the narrator, Ka, because that is the word of the Egyptian soul. As a child, her father took he to see Egyptian exhibits and they read from the ancient Book of the Dead as her bedtime story. The Catholic is a major part of her mother's culture, and she attends mass every day. Art is a major part of Ka's culture, and she creates statues.
The biological world includes two families. Both families have a mother, father, and daughter. Both sets of parents are about the same age, which is probably mid 40's to mid 50's because the daughters are grown. The
The fantastic world includes the interesting part of the story. The father and the statue go missing. At the end of the day, the father returns without the statue. Ka calls her mother and finds out she knew the truth, but she was trying to protect Ka. Her father shows where the statue is at the bottom of the pond, and Ka knows it is ruined. They go to Gabrielle's house, and Ka must tell her the truth about the statue being ruined.
The cosmological world exists in the whole story because the father has been hiding his past for Ka's whole life. Now Ka's faced with the truth, and she must decide whether to forgive him or not. She also must decide how to move forward as an artist.
The cultural world includes the Haitian culture of all characters. However, it also includes the ancient Egyptian culture because the father seemed obsessed with this culture. He even named his daughter, the narrator, Ka, because that is the word of the Egyptian soul. As a child, her father took he to see Egyptian exhibits and they read from the ancient Book of the Dead as her bedtime story. The Catholic is a major part of her mother's culture, and she attends mass every day. Art is a major part of Ka's culture, and she creates statues.
The biological world includes two families. Both families have a mother, father, and daughter. Both sets of parents are about the same age, which is probably mid 40's to mid 50's because the daughters are grown. The
The fantastic world includes the interesting part of the story. The father and the statue go missing. At the end of the day, the father returns without the statue. Ka calls her mother and finds out she knew the truth, but she was trying to protect Ka. Her father shows where the statue is at the bottom of the pond, and Ka knows it is ruined. They go to Gabrielle's house, and Ka must tell her the truth about the statue being ruined.
The cosmological world exists in the whole story because the father has been hiding his past for Ka's whole life. Now Ka's faced with the truth, and she must decide whether to forgive him or not. She also must decide how to move forward as an artist.
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