Key Kirk Currents in Global Literature I made sims of the Bienaimé family from The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat. I decided to only make sims of Ka and her parents but to be very purposeful with each detail. I made Anne and Ka’s father when they were younger, around the time that the lastContinue reading “The Dew Breaker Bienaimé Family”
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The Dew Breaker Murder Board
by Ryleigh Simmons Link to the murder board if you want to see it bigger. Before reading my response, I would like to clarify that when I refer to Ka’s father during the time he was a Macoute, I will refer to him as either the fat man or the guard. Similarly, when I amContinue reading “The Dew Breaker Murder Board”
“The Dew Breaker” Character Study
For my project, I chose to make character-based potion bottles based on Edwidge Danticat’s “The Dew Breaker.” Plot-crucial characters I felt like I had a good grasp on in terms of characterization are who I focused on, and that narrowed down to Anne, Ka, and the Preacher. I was going to include Dany, as well,Continue reading ““The Dew Breaker” Character Study”
Project 2 – The Spiderweb
Now I am in no ways an artist and would never try and take a chance on a project. This time I decided to push myself out of my comfort zone and try to depict the entirety of The Dew Breaker and its intertwining storylines through drawing. Although I have never thought of myself asContinue reading “Project 2 – The Spiderweb”
Ka’s Monologue – The Condensation Tracer
For my second project, I decided to write a monologue of Ka reflecting on her father after the revelation at the end of “The Book of the Dead” chapter. I found The Dew Breaker to be a very powerful book and I honestly was left in stunned silence at the end of it. It’s justContinue reading “Ka’s Monologue – The Condensation Tracer”
the long awaited First Major Project
Explanation I was granted an opportunity to flex my adaptation skills for this first project. While I was reading “The Book of the Dead” from Edwidge Danticat’s The Dew Breaker, I realized how theatrical it is. Right off the bat, Danticat uses conversational dialogue to do some exposition, which read like a script in myContinue reading “the long awaited First Major Project”
Sprockets and Springes 