The Descriptive ways of Danticat

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat is a clear illustration of how the landowners in the Dominican Republic thought of the people that flew there from Haiti. The main character Amabelle is a Haitian servant for Senora Valencia since she was eight years old. The clear difference between the people in this house is showed when the Miss starts saying to Annabelle how the new baby girl would be “mistaken for one of your people” (Danticat, 12).

The author is really descriptive when it comes to the facial and emotional characteristics of each character, which makes this book really engaging and attractive to the readers. How she shows each moment of the book helps the reader understand the difference between the rich landowners and the poor servants at the plantations and how the white people put their interests before the lives of the black Haitians.

Another important fact is how the author divides her book. Some chapters show the story of the Family and the servants like Juana, but others are a clear illustration of Amabelle’s life with Sebastien and how the difference between classes affects their way of living.

Danticat and The Farming of Bones have left me a great first impression about this wonderful author. Her descriptive and critical way of seeing her own community and the country besides it has turned this book in a brilliant piece of art.