CSEC English B · May/June 2019 · Paper 2 · Question 6

Section C – Prose Fiction (Novel): Based on Edwidge Danticat's Breath, Eyes, Memory and the statement about unfulfilled longings or desires.

Write an essay describing one example where Sophie's longings or desires are not met and one example where another character's longings or desires are not met in Breath, Eyes, Memory. Discuss the impact of unmet longing or desire on one character, and examine the writer's use of one technique to present longings and desires in the novel.