Blog 13

In my opinion, the ending is extremely miserable. Desiree’s experience in the Hotel is like a series of nice dreams, which makes the her suffer in the ending more tragic. For Desiree, she has devoted herself into Daniel’s health and longed for their marriage all the time. When the butterflies “demand to escape”, she stubbornly holds on to them because of her eagerness to Daniel. Nevertheless, Daniel betrays her, or he has never thought of marrying to her at all. No one cares about Desiree’s contribution after Daniel’s recovering. Even when she eventually gives up herself and takes the punishment of Papa Ge for Daniel, she does not earn a glance from him. When she eventually loses her life, all her strong wishes, the butterflies she has caught in the past, break the “cage” and take her sole away from the place she does not belong to. Her life is regarded as trash that ordered by Gabriel Beauxhomme, “[Lucifus picks] up the corpse by an arm and leg, dumps it at the side of the road to await the garbage collector(168).” Desiree has never achieved her wishes, and because she has experienced the hope of making her wish come true, the ending becomes even worse and more painful. 

This ending is trying to teach readers that we should always be practical and never devote ourselves into impossible dreams. It is true that we need dreams and insist on pursuing our dreams. However, most wishes are not as valuable as our lives. Therefore, we should always accept failure and forgo chasing impossible dreams with huge expenses. Furthermore, we should not have relentless desire. When we set ourselves certain goals, we have to stop as long as we achieve those goals. If we greedily try to gain more than we really should get, we will eventually pay off for our avaricious. Do not forget our original intention, or we might lose ourselves when struggling in the ocean of desires. 

Questions

What are the significances of the butterflies willing to escape?

What expenses Desiree has paid to meet Daniel and what is the outcome?

Will Desiree feel regretful eventually?

State the foreshadows in these chapters.

The Angel from heaven

Who loves you most in the world? Who argues with you most in the world? Who chatters all the time and takes care of your everything? It must be your mom. Sometimes, you might want to hug her tightly with your arms but just keep your small wish and watch her making breakfast for you; sometimes you might want to slap her on the face but just run away from her and cry quietly in your room. The situations above may happen all the time in you life and end up with laughing of you and your mother. In the novel My love, My love, Desiree also a Mama who loves her more than anyone else.

Firstly, Mama Euralie has a faithful heart, which provides her optimism. She wholeheartedly believes that gods would take care of her life and decide her fate. Therefore, Mama always prays and trust gods when she meets difficulties: “ Have faith. The gods have never abandoned us yet—neither the gods of our fathers nor the One who rules over them(13).” During the drought, Tonton Julian satirizes Mama that “did Agwe come and whisper in your ears? And there you are—your gods making playthings of us poor peasants(13).” However, Mama never loses her hope. She encourages her family members and still works as hard as usual. Even when the crops are destroyed by the storm, Mama just “[does] a small dance(54)” and says happily to Tonton “But now we can buy seeds Monsieur Julian. Our land will be rich(54).” Mama Euralie is like the sun, always thinks positively and shines everyone around her.

Furthermore, Mama believes that gods have brought Desiree to her life and therefore loves Desiree like her own child. When Tonton Julian claims that this child is just another stomach to fill, Mama convinced him that “If this is a scheme of Agwe’s, then let us enjoy it(24).” Despite Papa’s reluctant language, he also kindly “picks her up, gently, so that her head fell against his heart(24).” Under the good care of these two virtuous parents, Desiree gradually grows up, and becomes a girl who has plenty of daydreams. Like every mother would do, Mama is anxious about Desiree’s daydreaming and even flares up when Desiree claimed to leave: “The old woman held the girl’s hand tightly. She pulled her…She had to talk to her gods(65).” Mama is afraid that Desiree would leave her and face the strange world alone. Moreover, she regards Desiree as her “treasure(63)” whom she could not live without. Mama accepts Desiree because of faith and raises her up because of strong love.

In conclusion, I like Mama Euralie most in this novel. She perfectly represents the most common mothers in the world. She is wholeheartedly faithful, always believing in gods and having a optimistic mind; she is extremely kind, adopting a poor girl she has never met; she is strongly responsible, trying to protect the girl in her own way. This character is alive in the novel and always reminds me of my mother. Does Mama Euralie remind you of your mother? Remember to give her a hug if you can:)

Costumes of Desiree

For most of the peasants, I would dress them in dark brown, dark green or grey. Their hair would be a mess, and their shoes are covered by dirt. However, Desiree is in a pure black dress, which could be blowed by the wind easily and becomes the shape of a blossomed flower. This dress indicates her splendid imagination of the outside world. When she thinks of the cars, the plants and the novelty she has never met, she would dance slightly, and the dress would flow with her movements. Her hair is well pleated in a queue, not perfect but clean and tidy. I would make Desiree picking up flowers and inserting them between her hair, showing her pursue of beauty and prudence on her outlook.  She wears a pair of old white shoes, almost turning yellow because of times’ washing. However, the shoes are in fact really clean. Although has no ability to dress up like rich people, she would try her best to be well-dressed. All her appearance implies her long for the nice substances and the rich. She does not want to be an ordinary peasant like other villagers but tries to get closer to the beauty and the rich by keeping her clothes clean and tidy.

I would not show her connection with Gods but depicting her as an ambitious girl who wants to control and manipulate her own life.

Four Heavenly Kings 👑👑👑👑

When myriad ties of sunshine pass through the treetops and spread around my azalea quilt for hours, grilling my little garden to a smell of barbecue, I finally open my eyes. “What time is it?” I whisper to myself, “it is not that late…right?” 

“You stupid, it is one pm already.”The cuckoo shouts at me with a disdainful glance.

“Oh my god! Oh my god! Why don’t you wake me up!” I groan painfully, grabbing the brown trousers and putting on my green top at the same time.

“If you could give me a chance to wake you up rather than snoring like that pink creature on earth,” the cuckoo’s yell passes through my messy curly hair, straightforwardly hits my tiny ears, “do not forget your flamboyant hairpin! Remember to always smile in the Gods’ Conference! ”

Sorry to show you such a mess for our first encounter. In fact, we have met for thousands of times. I am Asaka, the goddess of oversleeping:). Aha,It’s just a joke! You human always like to make some jokes right? I am actually the goddess of earth, taking care of everything about plants and growing things. Being a farmer of your world is pretty challenging especially when one day in my world equals to a year in yours. Most of the plants need to be taken great care during spring, which would be my morning. And as you can learn from the scene above, getting up early is just a disaster for me. Nevertheless, my waking skills are improving little by little, and I promise that you guys will have a better world soon or later. Appreciating for your cooperation and prayer!

I eventually arrive at the Annual God Conference, which gathers gods and goddesses in all realm together to discuss our working plans. I quietly squeeze myself into the crowds and sit with the other members of my Four Heavenly Kings group. That old man in light blue cloak with long white bear is my boss Agwe. He used to be really handsome and benevolent 2000 years ago, trust me. However, I feel that he has caught some diseases such as Alzheimer since he always forgets his missions and wears like an idiot now. When you blame him for not irrigating the garden of earth enough, he sometimes would become irritating. Maybe his aural comprehension is not as good as the past either. I know, I know, it’s all about time.

Can you see that emaciated boy under a black pointy hat and cloak? He is not Harry Potter! He is the god of death. I am not kidding! No one stipulates the Death to have an evil appearance and bold heart. In fact, Papage, the god of death, is always scared by his jobs and cries a lot in his rare free time. Despite his fearless, Papage is an excellent faculty who complete the work accurately and hardly makes any mistake. The girl beside him, wearing in pink and black stripes like Miley Cyrus, is the goddess of Love, Erzulie. She acts as the naughtiest person I have ever met, never following the working manual until she feels satisfied of teasing people. Countless poor lovers fall into her traps and eventually being rescued by her deep pink heart. Everyone hates her and loves her at the same time.

I am Asaka, a member of the Four Heavenly Kings group. We are not perfect individuals and always have conflict on issues about you. However, please believe that we really devote ourselves to your welfare and care about you much more than you can imagine. Therefore, we hope that you could always have positive and kind hearts to face the world. 

God bless you.

Colorful Haiti