Settings:
Poor and Rich people. Riches are rich, poor are dying.
These terrible battles of the gods affect the lives of all the islanders, rich and poor. But the wealthy in towns, protected from the excesses of the gods' furies, claim to be masters of their own destiny. The peasants accept the will of the gods as theirs. They pray to the gods when times are hard and give thanks to them when life goes well.
The land is dry and woods are cut down.
Characters:
Asaka-- goddess of earth
Agwe-- god of the sea (no rain for the main characters for a while)
Mama Euralie and Tonton Julian-- two peasants that are religious in god, yet do not believe in gods. "Mama Euralie and Tonton Julian kept their heads bent over their work. They had been raking through the dry, parched earth since early morning. Now the sun was at its height. They had no patience for the tales of old men, which they knew all too well." Practical and realistic.
Desiree-- the adopted daughter of Euralie and Julian-- she was thrown on a mountain by her mother when she was 4 years. Agwe got angry and drown the town, but Desiree is safe. Euralie and Julian saw the girl and brought her home, and called her Desiree--Gift from God. She desires a different life so much that she is chasing her dream and cannot focus on the work that a peasant should do.
"A car. A car. From what unknown place had it come? To what strange place was it going? Oh, to be flying against the wind in a car. To be rushing off to a city, a town..." "The peasant girl tried hard not to daydream when Mama Euralie was around her. Impossible. She sighed."
M. Galimar-- a rich landowner. Arrogant and prejudice
"Like most grands hommes, M. Galimar lived in a big city, far away from the lands that bore his name, and sent his children abroad to school."
Plot:
When peasants have their celebrations, Desiree came to M.Galimar's land, the land that no peasant want to be close to except her.
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