Danticat proposes the idea of new generations being the chance for change and hope. She illustrates this in the chapter ‘Night Women’, the mother works as a prostitute at night to provide food and shelter for her son. The mother wants to keep his child hopeful of a better future by telling him stories about hope but warning him of the dangers. She explains, “I whisper my mountain stories in his ear, stories of the ghost women and the stars in their hair. I tell him of the deadly snakes lying at one end of a rainbow and the hat full of gold lying at the other end.” “...I want him to forget that we live in a place where nothing lasts” (73). The mother keeps her work as a secret from her son to protect his innocence. She wants his life to surpass and therefore, grow out of poverty. The mother tells him stories and believes that he would believe them so much that it comes true and benefits himself for the future. …show more content…
Edwidge Danticat constructs this idea in the chapter ‘Missing Peace’, a girl named Lamort asks her grandmother about their new guest. Emilie was the name of their new guest, and the grandmother promotes, “She is like us. The only regime she believes in is God’s regime. She says she wants to write things down for posterity” (93). Danticat enumerates how Emilie believes in God’s regime and wants to write things down about her life for the new generations. Emilie is hoping for change for