CH8-10 Notes


CH 8
Désirée embarks on her long journey away from her village to the Place where Daniel is
She runs away from home
She dreams of the Gods and sees them as greedy
She meets people along the way who bless her with food
(This kindness maybe blessings from the Gods needs a romance in order to save themselves)
All the people say that the palace is far away and Désirée did not pack food or any necessities with her for this trip.
One women tests Désirée to see her patiences and decides to give her a lot of food but she eats it right away
Next time she receives food she is getting close to her destination but the women gives her bread instead of meat and plantains

CH 9

7th day of travel Désirée gets to the place where the forest meets the sea
It is very beautiful, calm and Désirée thinks back when she was an orphan
In the morning Désirée meets a peasant girl
Désirée teaches this orphan how to wish and says each orphan is entitled to wishes


CH 10
Désirée finally reaches the city and the castle where Daniel lives
The city is strange to her unlike a life she had ever seen before
Men and Women all dressed in nice clothes, colors and fabrics that Désirée sees as extremely elegant
Everything surpasses everything she has ever heard from Tonton and others and she is in awe
She then finds herself in a crowd surrounding the gates to the castle where the Beauxhomme's live
She tells the people in the crowd that she needs to get through and they all look at her like she is crazy
A guard named Lucifus, calls her a peasant pig, and all the people, laugh at her for not wearing shoes
She then runs to the ocean where she stays for hours thinking on why the people laughed at her
She thinks but doesn't come up with an answer until night
She goes out to search for shoes
She is hunger but does not eat the fruit, instead she margins with it
She meets a women who finds her story intriguing and she's that Désirée needs a lot more than just shoes
She ends up buying Désirée a pair of shoes and the nicest dress that Désirée has ever seen
Désirée thinks of it as a gift form Erzulie

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