Aline's Journey

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Change Change is a constant state that all of us are a part of. From the day we were born and until the day we are going to die we all change and it happens every day. Sometimes as in “Aline’s Journey” other people takes choices for you that makes big changes in your life. Aline’s father make a change in the middle of the night for him and the rest of the family and I think the author wants to tell us about changes in life in this short story. The story about Aline and her family starts in their poor and lousy house in Haiti, but then the father takes the sudden decision and they are sailing in a small sailboat to Bahamas where they are transferred over to a bigger motorboat which are sailing the rest of the way to Miami. Wherever the family are we are hearing the story about them from Alines perspective that tells us that Aline is the 1st narrator. It is told from Aline because she is the main character. Aline is a little girl maybe at the age of 10 or something, she live a poor and non-material life in Haiti with her closest family and friends and I do not think that Aline have the age to understand the things and the situation around her completely. Aline do not really see the problem of living in Haiti and therefore she does not really understand the fast decision. “For the trip, I pick out my favourite light blue dress” (p. 13, ll. 1) as we see in the text there is one special things that Aline really cares about and it is her blue dress, which is a symbol of hope. The blue dress is not the only thing Aline care about, she also cares a lot about her family and want them all to be together and feel well. “I miss Manman being well” (p. 15, ll. 34-35) Manman is Alines mother and she is a good and loving mother who cares about their children and wants the best for them. Manman is married with Alines father who is taking the decision that
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