Once upon a
time. The constant start to fairy tales where the “underdog” always comes out
on top, and lives “happily ever after”.
This is how the story of “Tétiyette”
begins which according to western civilization will include a rough start and a
happy ending. This story creates the
sense of a happy ever after but takes a change as the story goes on. It creates
a sense of false hope of a happy ever after.
The young girl Tétiyette our main character of the story is a young girl
who is per-say “looking for love” is approached by several “contenders”. There are several offers from these contenders but all are not "good enough".
The girl refuses because the contenders are not providing enough to keep the girl happy. Then the devil shows up in a disguise and
offers gold and the girl accepts. With
this automatically the reader gathers that the girl is what is considered a “gold-digger”. Only chasing those who have money is what
this girl is after. This makes sense for
a person coming from a culture where they have constantly been low-income and
forgotten about. This makes sense
because the sotry takes place in Guadeloupe because some of the natives had
been battling slavery and a constant shift in leadership. So, if there was any chance for a native to
get out of the pain and suffering. That opportunity
creates people to become blind too possible consequences. The girl sides with the devil just due to the
fact that they he is offering gold, not knowing the true consequences or
sensing that she may not be internally happy in the long run. Sometimes the people that have the best items
or the most money does not mean they are happy.
The devil in this story is almost teaching that to this girl. For example, when the girl saw the devil, who
was disguised, at first glance she said, “Have him come up, have him come up, I
want him” (Esteves, Carmen, Parvisni-gerbert, Lizabeth Green juicy flotsam Tétiyette
and the Devil p.2). So, the devil
and the girl get married because she is blinded by the gold and is in love with
that factor.
The author shows the the "struggle" in Guadeloupe by showing how bad natives need help, and are escalating to falling for the devils tricks to get out of their world they seem stuck in. Also trying to open awareness of the reader that there was a sense of hardship and desperation within Guadeloupe.
The author shows the the "struggle" in Guadeloupe by showing how bad natives need help, and are escalating to falling for the devils tricks to get out of their world they seem stuck in. Also trying to open awareness of the reader that there was a sense of hardship and desperation within Guadeloupe.
The
moral of this story is that you should no chase material items no matter what
your background is because the curtain may look beautiful and make you
speechless. But what is behind the
curtain is the aspect that people should fall love in with. The author is trying to teach this through saying the person that looks the most attractive is the most terrifying behind the curtains. And uses the devil which is considered the most evil of all.
