The Farming of Bones Study Guide

The Farming of Bones

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat

The Farming of Bones is the story of Haitian orphan Amabelle Desir, a young girl living and working in the Dominican Republic. Amabelle falls in love with another worker, Sebastien Onius, but in 1937 Dominican President Rafael Trujillo begins a program of purposeful ethnic cleansing that puts both their lives in danger. The two are separated and never reconnect, Sebastien dying in the chaos as Amabelle is forced to flee back to Haiti.

Importance of remembering the past One of Danticat's major themes is the purpose of the book itself which is to emphasize the importance of remembering the past. Throughout the book the Haitian workers make a point of retelling and remembering all that happened to them. This is because there is a major fear of forgetting the names and the faces of their loved ones.

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