Breath, Eyes, Memory

Jan 5, 20211 min read

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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CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes Memory by Edwidge Danticat Chapter 35 Analysis/Summary [Final Chapter]

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Dec 17, 202021 min read

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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Dec 9, 20205 min read

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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Dec 8, 20205 min read

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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Dec 5, 20207 min read

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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Oct 23, 20204 min read

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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Oct 22, 20205 min read

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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Sep 13, 20207 min read

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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Sep 4, 20207 min read

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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Aug 29, 20206 min read

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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CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapters 22-23 Analysis/Summary

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Aug 23, 202013 min read

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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CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 21 Analysis/Summary

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Aug 20, 202010 min read

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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Aug 15, 20204 min read

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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CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 18 Analysis/Summary

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Aug 4, 20207 min read

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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CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 16-17 Analysis/Summary

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Jul 30, 20206 min read

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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Jul 1, 20204 min read

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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Jun 26, 20204 min read

CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 14 Analysis/Summary

Tante Atie and Sophie set foot towards Granmé Ifé’s house. As they pass the people on the road, Sophie notes that the people call Atie...

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CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 13 Analysis

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Jun 23, 20205 min read

CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 13 Analysis

The book makes another large time skip to Sophie, around two years later, now having returned to Haiti. As the driver of the vehicle she...

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Jun 19, 20203 min read

CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 12 Analysis/Summary

Sophie doesn’t tell Joseph about the violation she experienced at the hands of her mother. She is likely both embarrassed because of this...

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CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 11 Analysis/Summary

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Jun 18, 20205 min read

CSEC English B: Breath, Eyes, Memory Chapter 11 Analysis/Summary

On the first night Joseph returns from his gig with the band, she goes out with him to hear him play. Martine was working, so Sophie...

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