"Sweet Diamond Dust" is a short story written by Caribbean-American author, Edwidge Danticat. The story is set in Haiti, and follows the life of a young girl named Loucille, who is forced to work as a servant for a wealthy family in the city.
The story begins with Loucille's mother sending her away to work for the wealthy family, in hopes of providing a better life for her daughter. Loucille is initially excited about the opportunity, and looks forward to learning new things and experiencing the city. However, her excitement is short-lived as she soon discovers the harsh realities of her new life.
Loucille is treated poorly by the family, and is given very little to eat. She is also subjected to physical and emotional abuse, and is forced to work long hours without any time to rest. Despite all of this, Loucille remains determined to make the best of her situation, and tries to find small moments of joy and beauty in her surroundings.
One day, Loucille is given the task of cleaning the family's swimming pool. As she is scrubbing the tiles, she notices a small, sparkling stone embedded in the grout. She becomes fascinated by the stone, and begins to polish it every day in her free time. As she works on the stone, Loucille begins to feel a sense of purpose and pride in her work.
Eventually, Loucille's hard work pays off, and the stone becomes a beautiful, sparkling diamond. Loucille is overjoyed at her discovery, and dreams of one day using the diamond to buy her freedom and escape from her life as a servant.
However, Loucille's dreams are shattered when the wealthy family discovers the diamond, and takes it for themselves. Loucille is devastated, but continues to work and dream of a better life for herself.
In the end, "Sweet Diamond Dust" is a poignant tale about the struggles and resilience of the human spirit. It is a reminder that no matter how difficult life may seem, there is always hope for a better future.
Sweet Diamond Dust by Rosario Ferre
The result is writing of the highest order—provocative, profound, yet delightfully readable. She lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There is one sound that instantly unraveled the mystery of who you are and where you come from, the origin story bequeathed to you by your parents, grand-parents, and ancestors beyond record. Table of Contents Preface: Memoir of Diamond Dust vii Sweet Diamond Dust 1 86 Guamani 3 5 The Marriage of Dona Elvira 8 8 The Consultation 16 10 Don Julio's Disenchantment 26 9 The Confession 35 17 The Rescue 52 11 The Oath 63 18 Homage to Morel Campos 81 6 The Gift 87 32 Isolda's Mirror 119 42 Captain Candelario's Heroic Last Stand 161 Supplemental Materials What is included with this book? The three accompanying stories each follow the lives of the descendants of the De La Valle family, making the book a drama in four parts, raising troubling issues of race, religion, freedom, and sex, with Ferre's trademark irony and startling imagery—a literary experience no reader would want to miss. In the diamond trade trust and family relations are everything. Both men lived through an era where Welsh mining was booming because of the need for coal. Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories by Rosario Ferré, Paperback
In the case of this book, I will limit myself to comment on the preface. Diamond Dust shows how the Indian diamond dealers changed the diamond world in Antwerp; the accent shifts from quality and expertise to quantity and the trade in diamonds as commodity goods. The irony is that the two books have so much in common: both collections consist of nine stories; both are about 200 pages long; both are written by a woman writer with Indian, British, and American connections; the title story is the third story in both collections; … and both title stories feature characters named Mr. Editorial Reviews Lyrically voices the generation-bridging tale of the De La Valle family and their Puerto Rican sugar mill through the eyes and souls of several family members, longtime servants and dear friends… With a majestic plot, nestled in the hills of those Guamani Mountains, along with the De La Valle family and their sugar mill, Ferré exposes the secrets of a family and the glories of a country under pressure from American business threats. The citation above will include either 2 or 3 dates. Peering around the other students in line, Sylvia tried to see the lunch choices.
Sweet diamond dust (1989 edition)
Old or young, every individual from different ages can not resist its sublime temptation. The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. During this time, the United States military occupied Puerto Rico. The first refers to exerting human circumstances, when persons feel downcast, alone, lonely, abandoned, depressed, dark in the heart, mind, and soul. Nothing wrong with that, certainly.
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. The day of the inauguration was a big spectacle with a zeppelin, donning the colors of the American flag on its tail on a banner stating "April 15, 1918- Follow Our Example," flying in the direction of the new mill. Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay and over 50,000 other term papers It was rumored that the Americans had declared a cessation of hostilities in the sugar mills war, and were now willing to aid the criollo hacienda workers. Oh well, hope that in the future she limits herself to narrative and lays off the history lesson! I liked Sweet Diamond Dust a lot more than I thought I would, based on the other GR reviews. Ever since 'When I was Puerto Rican', 'Dreaming in Cuban' and 'How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents", it's become a fad for Latin immigrant writers to jump on the Latin Boom tidal wave with their nostalgic and often misleading reminicenses about their home land. However, this gesture was only successful in that it reflects the jaded register of her so-called 'irony' and eases the reader into a catalog of her narrow and outdated insights into her so-called 'Puerto Rican issues'. Jamala huffed and puffed Theme Of Gloom And Bloom The theme for this collection of homilies has two overriding words: gloom and bloom.
