Claire is a relevant character that reflects readers the feelings of race. I have this impression because she feels uncomfortable with her own dark color of skin perceiving herself as an ugly and " inferior person. Marie Chaveux constructs this character like that because she wants to highlights the issues of skin color, complexity and biases in Haitian society during its foundation.Claire shows the readers her deep frustration for being black by internalizing her feelings of color issues. Since, she never get married and remains virgin at age 39. She also becomes the maid who cleans and cooks as a black servant. Claire is the darkest in her family of white mulatos. Her parents are also lighte-skinned…show more content… Trough Caledu violent incidents, she wants to describe Haitians the chaotic situation of the entire nation. She purposely does this to open the eyes of Haitians and realize their country is getting destroyed. Chauvet encourages people to fight for a better society as a whole. The specific incidents about the mistreated beggars in the street, and Dora's physical abuse by Caledu forces are relevant events that show Haitians Duvalier's real face. Caledu is the character that shows Haitians the bitter and cynical face of Duvalier, who pretends being the defender of Haitians against European forces.But in reality, this man just kidnaps and tortures anti-duvaliersts just because they oppose to his political brutality.Chauvet is very specific with this when she describes the prisoners screaming because they are being physically and emotionally mistreated in a prison close to her home.Caledu express out the readers the terrible fear imposes by society through Duvalier's hostile regime. Over all, the commandant Caledu reflects the French colonist of Duvalier for his imaginative horrifying events to his
