essay

Read Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat and then write a reader response paper of about 500 words [use MLA format] that incorporates a discussion of two or more of the following topics. Include quotations from the book as appropriate:

·  How the same forces that give and sustain life also take it away

·  How a person can be “both hungry for life and terrified of it.”

·  The “loving surrender” Claire’s mother makes at Claire’s birth and the 

“loving surrender” Claire’s father is on the verge of making when Claire disappears

·  Nozias’ custom of taking Claire on her birthday to visit her mother’s grave

·  The mysterious bonds that people share with the natural world and with each other

·  How Danticat uses interrelated stories to pose and answer questions from multiple perspectives

·  Where Claire goes when she disappears