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In Dying Together Danticat discusses the loss that was experienced due to the earthquake in Haiti in 2010. She talks about how she found out and her various attempts to get in contact with her family before realizing that her cousin and his children were actually dead. She discusses her experience with death while at the same time talking about how the world came to know of the earthquake as well and their reaction. She talks about how the media seemed to be more focus on the rescue and what they were doing after to help than the actual loss and death. The numbers were tallied on who died but while it was devastating, the media didn’t seem to really…
Despite the tragedy, the first thing that stands out to me is the beauty of Danticat's writing. She is clear and well-spoken, which took me by surprise; I thought a piece about horrific death might be more emotional and scattered. I suppose it makes sense. If she was processing the incident much later, she could slowly recall events in a more removed, impersonal manner. I think I am just impressed with Danticat's skill level.
I was also pleasantly surprised to see the mention of Haruki Murakami. Murakami is a brilliant Japanese author whose works translates to English better than many can write in English, in my opinion. His work is instructive and comforting, as Danticat mentions, and he certainly deserves…
The details one provides in order to support the narrative that they are giving is the difference between life and death it seems when writing about such a seemingly heavy subject. In Danticat's "Dying Together", she goes on to described the horrific event that was the Haiti earthquake in 2010. Being Haitian herself, growing up there until the age of twelve, she had numerous family members to bear in mind once she herd the news. She contacted them to see if they were okay, but she said all she got was a blank line in the other end of the phone. Later, she explains that her uncle who was the one she tried to contact was buried in ru…
Edwidge Danticat’s Dying Together reflects on a traumatic event that happened not too long ago, the earthquake in Haiti. Throughout her essay she reflects on other natural disasters such as the 9/11 terrorists attack, Kobe earthquake, and the sarin gas attack on the Japanese subway in 1995. Referencing how, death in masses occur and how they become personalized. For instance, she talks about how the 9/11 jumpers were publicly televised. The public had to watch in fear and terror as people jumped from the towers; it’s like when she had to watch her own family from the television during the earthquake. Every major tragedy event such as public shootings, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc, has a way of affecting the community personally.…
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Very similar in a way that nobody knows how they are going to die but on the same side of the coin nobody knows how they are going to live either. She is essentially saying that some people can be desensitized to death when they see piles of dead bodies or bones, but if they really knew them and it’s a shame in Haiti they didn’t have the technology to identify them, now it will forever remain a mystery. However, this article in general is very impactful to really show you not only the impact death has on a person, but the impact living has…