My First Blogggggg(Lit & Perf)

The book is called "Krik Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat. "Krik Krak!" mainly contains stories of Haitian women, telling how different Haitian women struggle in the miserable period of Haiti in the 20th century and it also includes the author's personal content. In our performance, "A Wall of Fire Rising" and "Night Woman" are chosen to adapt to a play. We have two characters from "Night Woman" and two original roles who are Devil and Angle. Characters from "Night Woman" are Mom and Son and I played Son. The reason why we chose - a clear and obvious conflict - man v.s self, society - easy to extend on man v.s self - night woman and devil, son and angel are two sides - night woman is depressed - a wall of fire rising is aroused - creative characters - everyone is around the conflict - mang talks related to real life - strongly connects to one theme of the book - gender role Literary analysis - A wall of fi...

The book is called "Krik Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat. "Krik Krak!" mainly contains stories of Haitian women, telling how different Haitian women struggle in the miserable period of Haiti in the 20th century and it also includes the author's personal content. In our performance, "A Wall of Fire Rising" and "Night Woman" are chosen to adapt to a play. We have two characters from "Night Woman" and two original roles who are Devil and Angle. Characters from "Night Woman" are Mom and Son and I played Son. In 1940s Haiti, a single mom just started her prostitution career, since Dad left the family with an unknown reason. The mom named prostitutes as night woman , because regular jobs for women are low class, busy, and time-consuming. In the path of his son, she rather chose to hide prostitution until his son is no longer a kid. The main conflicting point in the play is when Devil and Angle hold different views toward he...

https://youtu.be/BphfGRTXhTg If there are four characters, audiences should clearly know whose function is shown in each scene, so we build layers from scene 1 to 4. Having three auxiliary characters and a protagonist, the scene has gradually reflected its theme, confliction, climax, and conclusion. Our strength is showing a clear progression of characters and to clarify relationships and struggles as distinct as we can, which means there are few interferences among four of them. Functions are clear. Son is affected by his family and the overall environment, who is also representing the new generation. Mom is the person living in the center of a storm. Mom always acts depressed and confused by her tone and gestures such as holding her forehead. She has partial rights to guide her life, but Devil and Angle are fighting for the part left. Devil and Angle have two dresses in two opposite colors. Whoever wins is not important, the decision of mother is not the theme or the point of t...