Brother I'm Dying 6

Quote 1: “What’s a DNR?” my father asked Bob in Creole.
“It’s a piece of paper that says if you die, you don’t want to be brought back to life and kept alive by machines,” Bob explained.
“No,” my father told the doctor. “I don’t want to be kept alive by machines. There’s already enough suffering.”
-a conversation between Bob and his Father, page 236

Significance: I choose this quote because however much her father tries not to show he’s in pain and suffering, it shows that he still is but he doesn’t want his family to worry about him. Also it also tells us that he’d rather die when he was going to than go on suffering the way that he is right now. I really feel sympathy for him because of his condition and the pain that he is going through.

Question 1: How would you feel if you heard your father say this? Would it make you realize what’s really happening?

Quote 2: Looking at Nick, my uncle said, “Maxo, I’ll be sad to die without seeing you again.” Then turning to Bob, he said, “Isn’t that right, Mira?”
He called me Ino, the name of his dead sister.
“Ino knows I’m right,” he said. Then closing his eyes once more, he added, “Kite zetwal yo tonbe.” Let the stars fall.
-said by Edwidges uncle (when she was 6), page 240

This quote was really scary to me because they all thought that he was going to die right then and must have been overjoyed when he lived. But it also is sad because she is pretty much going through her uncle dying twice in a lifetime. It must be really hard on her considering he was like a father to her growing up.

Question 2: Can you imagine what it would be like if you had to go through a close person in your family dying twice in your life?

Brother I'm Dying 5

Quote 1: The last line indicated that my uncle was in the grievances section of the national police’s investigation and anti-gang unit. And as if to remove any hope that the matter he was complaining about might actually be looked into, the word complaining about might actually be looked into, the word “investigation” was misspelled in the department letterhead.
-thought by unknown, page 200

Significance: I thought that this was pretty much stating that the police weren’t going to do anything about it, in fact they didn’t care. This really shows you how corrupt the police are and how different it is from other places around the world. But it can also be the same because there are a lot of corrupt police and politicians across the world.

Question 1: Who was the one that was thinking this?

Quote 2: “They have papers,” I tried to explain.
“I’m sorry,” he said, “but I have two flights coming in.” Then he hung up.
-said by Edwidge and a flight helper, page 210
Significance: I thought that this really said how much people are unwilling to help other people when they don’t like their certain race or they just at introverts and don’t like talking or helping other people. I really feel sorry for them because now they will have to go down to it and get them.

Question 2: Why are some people so mean?