Notes: Krik? Krak! Children of the Sea

NOTES

KRIK? KRAK!

CHILDREN OF THE SEA

• Author uses “I” and “you”, as if they are directly addressing the reader.
• Many similes: ex. “Crying like a crushed snail”.
• The narrator constantly references nature: mountains, sea, red friery ants, crushed snail.
• It seems as if the narrator is older than whomever they are speaking to, as they reference their childhood: “ I helped you pull out your first loose tooth.”
• The narrator is lost at sea, crowded into a boat with 36 other people. He/she calls them “souls.”
• The narrator is a he. He is in love with a woman, who is not lost at sea with him.
• He says that she is probably married, but hopefully not to a soldier.
• This makes me think that they were probably involved in a war, in some way, and by saying that soldiers are almost not human, it shows that the author has most likely had a trasmautifv experierce, or realize the impact war can have on a soldier.
• The second story is from someone who is affected by the war. They stay at home, schools are closed. Army has taken over where they live.
• The format of the stories, one bold lettering, then one in normal lettering, makes me wonder if these are letters. They are addressed to “you” in every one.
• Is the person in the boat traveling to America?
• The narrator talks about simple pleasures, like their radio, which the other narrator mentioned, I believe they know each other.  
• There is a dark tone because the two narrators constantly mention things like killing, guns, soldiers, being lost, getting shot, prison, the morgue and demonstrating.
• The person on the boat left Haiti, although it is not Hati itself that they dislike, it is the war conditions in Haiti that they are escaping.
• The people in the boat are hoping the Coast Guard will find them.
• The girl in the other narrative, is struggling at home. She even says she wishes she, or her father, would die. It is clear that her father does not like the boy she is involved with (the boy on the boat.
• Civilization
• There is a lot of abuse from soldiers.
• People on the boat are running out of food.
• The girl and her family are located in Port-au-prince.
• Agwe: God of water
• Not letters, journal entries.
• The boat is leaking
• He is being forced to throw his notebook out.
• He does, and She survives with her father.