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Summary Of Edwidge Danticat's Ghosts

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the story which i chose to read is the haitian (‘Ghosts’ by Edwidge Danticat, NOVEMBER 24, 2008). The story reflects the state of the city in which the Pascal family lived. From the noise and the total gangs and the school where the children were creating the art of painting in the national workshops next to the churches and shops. All this and what happened to the Pascal family with the dictatorship. A story in which the pain and patience give the person how to live in these

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