Krik? Krak! Essays

10th Grade

Krik? Krak!

In Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat expands on the difficult role women must fulfill in a corrupted Haitian society. She portrays some of these requirements through the various transformations in the story, “The Missing Peace”. With this important...

10th Grade

Krik? Krak!

The natural human response to evil is to react with evil. In many cases, the original evil is inspired by fear. This is often the case in the stories in Krik?Krak!. Two of the stories, “Nineteen thirty-seven” and “Between the Pool and the...

College

Krik? Krak!

A Wall of Fire Rising by Edwidge Danticat depicts the emotions of guilt and regret in a financially struggling family in Haiti. The focal character of the story, Guy, suffers from this guilt and regret as the father of his family, longing for a...