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Anacaonana Research Paper

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1. Anacaona was a queen, an Arawak Indian, but all of this was taken away from her when the Spaniards arrived looking for gold. Anacaona was one of the Spaniards first victims, “she was raped and killed and her village pillaged” (Danticat, 23). Anacaona represents all the grandmothers, mothers, and granddaughters of Haiti who have been victimized, abused, raped, and murdered.

2. One of the stories that exist, but never made it to the headlines is the story of a woman who was shot in the stomach while pregnant all because she was wearing a T-shirt that illustrated “antimilitary image.” Another story would be a mother who was arrested and brutally beaten just because she was working with a pro-democracy group. Moreover, the story of a mother watching her daughter being rape by paramilitary attaches in front of her eyes at gunpoint. While escaping to the U.S little did the mother know that one of the men that raped her daughter had not only impregnated her, but also infected …show more content…

The saying “We are ugly, but we are here” is the very essence of the life that lies in survival. And it reminds “our sisters that we have lived yet another day to answer the roll call of an often painful and very difficult life” (Danticat, 26). The saying connects to the resistance because it reminds women that despite after everything they gone through they are still here and here to stay.
Chapter 14: “A Small Place” by: Jamaican Kincaid
1. One aspect that demonstrates the effects of globalization in Antigua is the never ending poverty of Antigua. Even though a vast amount of tourists come to Antigua one may think that it would be flourishing and rich with wealth; however, in reality the natives and the land of Antigua are extremely poor. Another aspect would be how Antigua is surrounded by a sea and an ocean, but continued to be in a drought. While the natives still have to watch every drop of water they drink, tourists waste water as if Antigua’s has hundreds of puddles waiting to be

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