![]() ![]() ![]() The tonton macoutes enforce the regime's directives and spread fear through the populace. Sophie goes back to Haiti at a time when the country is experiencing unrest. "You want to live your nightmares too?" Grandmè Ifé, 118 One of the issues, then, between Martine and Sophie is that Martine always sees her daughter not as an individual but as an extension of her own hopes and dreams. Sophie does not like school and she does not want to be a doctor she admits to Joseph that she doesn't exactly know what she wants. Unfortunately, Martine's perspective completely ignores what Sophie wants. ![]() In a way, Martine puts her dreams and hopes on Sophie’s shoulders and lets her understand that the only way she can be happy is if Sophie will be obedient, listen to her mother, and try her best to learn new things and break the vicious cycle the women in the family found themselves trapped in. ![]() Martine tells Sophie that through education, she can rise above everyone and be better than Atie and Martine. Martine tells Sophie that she has a chance of making it in the world if only she tries hard enough and if she works hard in school and towards being a doctor. "If you make something of yourself in life, we will all succeed. ![]()
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