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Title:Anacaona:Golden Flower
Author:Edwidge Danticat
Page:1-45
Summary:
Anacaona,a young girl around the age of 18,is training to become the cheif of Xaragua with her brother.During this training her and her brother,Behechio,have to bless all the babies born on the island.Anacaona and Behechio had finished blessing a baby when her uncle,head cheif,calls her in to tell her to train for the cremony of her becoming a woman.
While Anacaona was receiving gifts at the ceremony she ran into the Cheif Caonabo, who she fell in love with,but didn't want him to find to obivous.Later that mounth Behechio was married to five ladies of his choice.
Strategy:
I beleive Anacaona will marry cheif caonabo.
Title:Anacaoana:GoldenFlower
Author:Edwidge Danticat
Page:45-62
Summary:
Behechio's wife,Yaruba,died while carrying his first child. Only Anacaona knew about her pergancy, since she was only one month into her pregancy.Behechio is very sorrow.After awhile he is back to normal.
Later Anacaona's uncle becomes very ill,so Anaacona and Behechio have to take over some of his tasks.Then her uncle has vision a hurrican is coming. But the skys clear and her uncle is getting well.So Anacaona's uncle is going to call a meeting to declare to ancestors are spring the from the hurrican.
Since the skies are clearing, the harvesting will continue and the wall around the town will be built. Also the town have special trained combats to prtect the people from attack. Anacaona and Behecio are also trained for attack.
Strategy:
wall will be finished.
Title:Anacaona:Golden Flower
Author:Edwidge Danticat
Page:62-119
Summary:
The wall was finished and the people were still safe.Also the harvest was better than ever.
Later on Chief Caonabo's messager arrived in Xaragua, saying Chief Caonabo is on his way. Anacaona got so excited. But she still didn't want BiBi and BaBa to know.So she would sneek off to the oceans shore to watch for Chief Caonabo's ship. So he arrived asking for Anacaona's hand in marriage or to refuse and finish training for Cheif of Xaragua. But instead she choose to marry Caonabo,who she liked instead of marrying a stranger. Caonabo left to make a room for Anacaona to live in his house. Anacaona was not to be with Caonabo unlees it was a meeting.Later they were married.Anacaona left and now lived with Chief Caonabo in Maguana.
As Anacaona got use to Maguana,she made a new friend named Simihena. Also she now hunted with Caonabo and carved with Simihena. She has been singing at many feasts and meals.
A messanger from Xaragua that her uncle has died. So Anacaona and Caonabo leave for Xaragua. when they get there Her uncle's wife is going to poison her self so she will be with him forever. There was a ceremony to pass Anacaona's uncle and his wife up with the ancestors.During the ceremony Anacaona Drifted off to sleep, waking in bed with Behechio,Caonabo,BiBi,BaBa,and some healers around her. the healers ancounced she was with a child. After hearing this the couple head back to Maguana. Several days later She had a baby girl named Higuamota,after Caonabo's mother who passed away many years ago.
Summary:
Higuamota will grow strong like her mother,Anacaona.Also I believe something back is bond to happen.
Title:Anacaona:Golden Flower
Author:Edwidge Danticat
Page:119-149
Summary:
Anacaona is having wierd Dreams about the rainbow god of the people of Kalina.In these dreams Anacaona is being choked by the god.The next day Anacaona carved a rainbow and painted it sending a messangeto the god to stay out of her dreams.
Strange thing s begin to happen. Messangers from many islands have come to Maguana saying strange man have arrived on the shores in boats craving for gold. They don't understand them neither do they understand them.Anacaona did not like these men so she went inside to get Higuamota bundled upand have the srvant run her to Simihena's house because Anacaona did not want Higuamota around these men.The men saw the servant running with Higuamota and shout the lighting rod at her ,they missed but the sound scared the servant sending her tumbling with Higuamota.Anacaona went running to her baby, Higuamota. They were both safe but the servant had a big burse. Anacaona went inside carring Higuamota.Caonabo signaled his men to attack.they killed all but one to see if he was human.So they threw him into the sea and he sank like a rock because he did not know how to swim.
Anacaona and Caonabo left to Cheif Guacanagari island with an army.The strange men had killed many of their people not letting them bury.These strange men have took control of the island.
strategy:
More of these strange men will come and take over the over islands.
Title:Anacaona,Golden Flower
Author:Edwidge Danticat
Page:149-186(the end)
Summary:
Chief Caonabo and his men are helping the strange men find gold so when they fell asleep they would kill them . The strange men were killed ,but they killed many of Caonabo's men.Caonabo and his men left before dawn.When they arrived the island was still at peace.Manicaotex,Caonabo's brother, was staying with Anacaona and Caonabo until his men get back from Chief Gaucanagari's island.
3 years later Caonabo and his brother were captured by the Spanish and killed when the ship they were in callasped. later on Anacaona's brother died. Being very sorrow she went back to Xaragua with Higuamota to be ruler after her brother and husband died. A year later she was hung. No one knows what became of Higuamota,but Anacaona's nephew was raised by ministers and fought the Spanish for more than a decade.
the end!
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