HL essay or academic essay over DOG’S following HL essay criteria. The essay will be 1200-1500 words in length and have a works cited page. My topic is “Alexandra Fuller and her family are not successful in laying their children’s ghosts to rest .” and were suppose to have an intro, 3 paragraphs and a conclusion
my topic for each paragraph are these topics below and use the quotes listed beneath, no analyzation just commentary
1.) the deviation from traditional burying rituals significantly impedes their ability to lay their children’s ghost to rest, reflecting the emotional rifts within the family
“Some africans believe that if your baby dies, you must bury it far away from your house, with proper magic and incantations, and gifts for the gods, so that the baby does not come back, time after time, and plant itself inside your womb only to die a short time after birth” (pg 35)
“Five born three dead”
“I came after my dead brother, whose body had not been properly buried in the soul trapping roots of a tree and for whose soul there had been no proper offerings to the gods” (pg 35)
2.) The illustration of the family’s failure to come to terms with the unexpected death of Richard leaves them grappling with unresolved grief and
a sense of lost
“That’s what happens when you have a baby in a free african country.” (pg 193)
“‘Let’s take everything out’ ‘why’ ‘shut your trap bobo, can’t you just shut your trap’” (pg 192)
“The sobs that come out of me are racking, like vomiting. I feel my face and hands and the skin on my arms go cold”(pg 143)
“Mum having a nervous breakdown” pg(194)
“‘How did this happen?’ I am screaming. Venessa says ‘shh’ I turn on mum ‘well how do you think i feel?’ She looks at me astonished. ‘Well how do you think I feel?” (pg 193)
3.) Olivia’s drowning Profoundly impacts the family, as her tragic death becomes a symbol of their emotional instability and worsen Bobo’s struggles with her guilt, and grief.
“After Olivia dies, mum and dads joyful carless embrace of life is sucked away, like water swirling down a drain. The joy is gone. The love has trickled out.” (pg 95)
“He finds out that Olivia is dead because of me. Shes dead because I haven’t been paying attention” (pg 91)
“I nod and started crying again ‘I let olivia drown’”(pg 90)
“I will never know peace again, I know. I will never be comfortable or happy again in my life” (pg 88)