I chose the book In Darkness by Nick Lake, it is set in the
earth quake torn haiti where hospitals have fallen into rubble and street gangs
have taken over the area. Some of the major characters in the book are Shorty
Marguerite (Shorty’s sister) and Shorty’s father. Also Toussaint l’Ouverture takes a lead role in the thoughts of young
shorty. The Main conflict in the story is an internal one of shorty, who in the
beginning of the story is trapped in a hospital that had fallen during the earthquake
in Haiti. Young shorty while in the dark hell hospital begins to look back on
his life and try and figure out what led him to that point in his life. For these
nostalgic thoughts he turns to someone who died over 200 years ago, Toussaint
l’Ouverture. With Toussaint in mind he reminisces
about his life, comparing and contrasting decisions he has made. If I had to think of one thing to connect
this book to it would be a show on HBO called The Wire. Even though the Wire is
set in Baltimore and about American gang life, the brutality portayed in the
show reminded me of the gut wrenching story of shortys life.
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