Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat: A Complete Chapter by Chapter Analysis and Summary (PDF)
Breath, Eyes, Memory was written by Edwidge Danticat and first published in 1994. As a book, it gives a voice to the voiceless women of...
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JH@Quelpr
- Dec 17, 2020
- 21 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes Memory by Edwidge Danticat Chapter 35 Analysis/Summary [Final Chapter]
When Sophie returns home, Joseph alerts her to a message left by Marc on the phone: "Sophie, je t'en prie, call me. It's about your mother."
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JH@Quelpr
- Dec 9, 2020
- 5 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat Chapter 34 Analysis/Summary
Presumably the following day, Sophie has a session with Rena. The specific aspect of scenery highlighted at the beginning of the chapter...
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JH@Quelpr
- Dec 8, 2020
- 5 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat Chapter 33 Analysis/Summary
When Sophie and Joseph go to visit Martine that weekend, Sophie notices that Martine appears calmer and more well rested. Returning to New..
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JH@Quelpr
- Dec 5, 2020
- 7 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat Chapter 32 Analysis/Summary
Sophie visits her therapist, Rena, where they meet for their session in the usual location of the woods by the Seekonk River. Rena...
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JH@Quelpr
- Oct 23, 2020
- 4 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat Chapter 31 Analysis/Summary
The next chapter begins with Sophie’s sexual phobia group- a group of herself and two other women who shared similar painful memories and...
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JH@Quelpr
- Oct 22, 2020
- 5 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat Chapter 30 Analysis/Summary
Sophie returns home, and Joseph of course rushes out to greet his wife and child. He seems conflicted by happiness to see them and anger...
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JH@Quelpr
- Sep 13, 2020
- 7 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 28 Analysis/Summary
Now on their way to the airport, Martine keeps ‘her eyes on the barren hills… outside the window.’ This mirrors a scene from earlier in...
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JH@Quelpr
- Sep 4, 2020
- 7 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapters 26-27 Analysis/Summary
Ife and Martine return from the notary’s the following morning, having officially coined a deed that divides the ownership of Ife’s land...
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JH@Quelpr
- Aug 29, 2020
- 6 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapters 24-25 Analysis/Summary
Martine arrives three days after Sophie’s confrontation with Ife. Note that she arrives holding a red umbrella that is obscuring her face...
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JH@Quelpr
- Aug 23, 2020
- 13 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapters 22-23 Analysis/Summary
Ife leaves the next morning to visit the cemetery to pay her final respects to Dessalines. Sophie speaks with Atie, and mentions her...
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JH@Quelpr
- Aug 20, 2020
- 10 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 21 Analysis/Summary
This poem, cryptic at first in what it hopes to express, is significant in that it tells the same story as the man who kills his young...
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JH@Quelpr
- Aug 15, 2020
- 4 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 19 Analysis/Summary
Despite her remark about being empty the night before, Atie appears happy the following morning. Today, Atie will accompany Louise to...
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JH@Quelpr
- Aug 4, 2020
- 7 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 18 Analysis/Summary
Upon returning to the house, Sophie finds Atie reclined in a chair. After retrieving Brigitte, Atie gets up and looks in her notebook...
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JH@Quelpr
- Jul 30, 2020
- 6 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 16-17 Analysis/Summary
Sophie awakes the next morning to watch the sunrise. This attests to the natural beauty of Haiti, and also corresponds to the idea of...
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JH@Quelpr
- Jul 1, 2020
- 4 min
CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 15 Analysis/Summary
The three women sit together and eat supper. Note the mention of the distant light on the hill- it will be referred to later on. When...
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JH@Quelpr
- Jun 26, 2020
- 4 min