Blog post #8 due by midnight Saturday: Discuss the role of storytelling in Krik? Krak! and to Danticat. Why is it important? Consider the title as well as the epilogue and at least one story in your post. 500 wds.
I believe the whole point of storytelling in Krik Krak is to make it more fun and amusing for the reader. If you just had chapters and a basic book, it's honestly less entertaining but for the characters in the book, I believe it has a deeper meaning. In the story Night Women, she used storytelling as a way to escape reality with her son. She tends to think of it as a safe haven. Which, giving her circumstances it would make sense. She is trying to provide for her son and does not have the best living conditions in the world. On top of that, she is a prostitute but rather calls herself night women as a way to seem like a superhero to her son rather than someone having sex with unmarried and married men. I am not sure how others view her storytelling, but I am sure they would not understand and think it was rather odd. It seems like things were very tough back then. Not only that, but she was a prostitute and they are always looked down upon. To the mother in the story, it's a way to escape reality and a way to provide her son with a happy life. To her son, it is life. I do not think her son knows it is considered storytelling and therefore thinks it is real. Maybe that is another reason the mother uses storytelling. She knows her son is young and therefore will believe everything she says. I think it's just a way for the both of them to live as comfortably as possible. It basically serves as a protective blanket, shielding them from the harsh realities of life and discomfort from the truth.
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