SOMEONE PLZ HELP!! questions for the book "The Farming of Bones" by Edwige Danticat

for my ap lit class
no need for textual evidence

I. Short Analyzing Literature

Read each question and state your response with textual evidence.

1. Edwidge Dandicat begins her book with an intimate glimpse into Amabelle and Sebastien’s relationship. How does this introduction set the pace and focus for the novel? *

2. Why do you think Dandicat spends so much time developing the relationship between Senior Valencia and Amabelle (especially around the birth of the babies) in chapters 2, 4, and 6)? What can you possibly predict from this development? *

3. By the end of chapter 5, Dandicat has hinted at the racism between the Dominicans with Spanish ancestry and the Haitians of African ancestry. What is one example of this racism? *

4. Explain the importance of family in the first 8 chapters of this novel using an example from Amabelle and Sebastien's conversations, the day-to-day life of Senior Ignacio and his family, and/or the life the Cane workers. *

5. Through Amabelle’s observations and conversations, what do you learn about the life of women in (both Haitian and Dominican) on this mostly rural island?

6. Are the lives of men any better than those of women in this story? Does it make a difference if one is of Spanish decent (Dominican) or African decent (Haitian)? Use specific examples from the text. *

7. Why is Joel's death in chapter 8 the inciting incident to the conflict developing between the Haitians and Dominicans? *

8. Contrast the three members of the Spanish-Dominican family: Don Ignacio, Senora Valencia and her husband, Senor Pico.

9. What role does Doctor Javier play in helping the Haitians?

10. How does chapter 26 mark a turning point between the growing conflict between the Dominicans and the Haitians? *