Essays on Haiti

A Wall of Fire Growing by Edwidge Danticat is set during the time when Haiti was struggling for independence from France. Despite the fact that Haiti was under colonial control at the time, poverty was a big concern. As a result, as a result of colonialism’s greed, Haitians remained stuck…

The book The World is Moving Around Me is based on the account of an eyewitness who uses his memory to write down the events that occurred. It outlines the events that happened during the earthquake and the resulting effects. It serves as a natural disaster archive as well as…

Tracy Kidder is seated with Jon Carroll, an American Forces captain, at an army post in Mirebalais, Haiti, 14 days before Christmas in 1994. Carroll is told that he has visitors, one American friend, and four Haitians, as they are sitting. The American identifies himself as Paul Farmer, and he…

Tom White was the donor who contributed money that would go to help the negative people in Haiti. He was a businessman who used to be wealthy and charitable. Ho was the proprietor of a construction company in Boston. Tom used to be very willing to help Farmer due to…