I really enjoyed reading the last half of Farming of the Bones. I got a lot more into detail and really tried to focus on some key points and themes of the book. Throughout the last chapters of the book we see themes like memory, death, silencing of voices.
   we talked about the pattern we saw throughout the book dealing with these silencing of voices. First, we see it when Amabelle describes her vivid dream of  the sugar woman. "dressed in a long, whit gown, wearing a shiny silver mussel around her face. collar with clasped black around her." I believe this theme is to give readers examples of how haitians were dehumanized to dominicans during this "anti haitian racism" movement. another example, is when the parsley is shoved down the throats of the travelers in order to depict who was haitian or dominican. This is such a harsh example and we see just how harsh it is once Joel dies from it... Another we see toward the end of the book when Amabelle's way of copping is to not speak. Because what she had gone through was so awful.
  Another big theme we see through the book was memory. Most of the book is told from memories and Amabelle going back and telling stories of her past. A wonderful example is how frequently she talks about her parents and childhood. These memories mean so much to her because her parents are now dead. One of my favorite memories Amabelle tells us is about the lantern and asking her dad to make one that looks like him so shell never forget what he looks like. this makes me so sad because, I bet after everything that happened she wishes she had one to hold onto.
  Death plays a huge role in this book as well. The whole background of the book is based on the massacre of 1937. It was says that almost 25,000 people were murder in only 3 days. Only because of the hatred and racism going on toward the Haitian during tis time. Also, the death of the baby, joel, and her parents plays a huge role. because all these deaths lead up to some memory or tragedy that happens in the book. I really enjoyed the book and just like Freedom papers, this story really makes me think how lucky i am to be free.