“Nozias held his nose up and sniffed the air, breathing in the scent of morning coffee on streets lined with houses, whose pitched roofs were bordered with intricately carved wood that looked like his wife’s favorite lace. Nozias walked at a
steady clip, as if daring Claire to keep up. They passed a Vodou temple whose outside walls were covered with images of Catholic saints doubling as lwas, and Nozias pointed out, just as he had many times before, the glowing face of a pale Mater Dolorosa with a sword aimed at her heart. “The goddess of love,” he said, “Ezili Freda. Your mother liked her.”
“Under the light of the lantern, the woman makes Claire spin for her and discovers that “her father was trying to give her away.” Claire overhears her father say that he is “moving abroad to look for a better life” after the woman declines. His nets only currently catch fish “so little that in the ancient days they would have been thrown back,” as he is a mediocre fisherman.”( 11)
“Nozias was grateful that Claire, after having visited her mother’s grave that morning, was safe with a neighbor, away from cars and motorcycles. Still, in that moment he missed his little girl more than he had at any other time since she was born. He missed her so badly that he even felt jealous of the way the fabric vendor was holding her daughter.” (15)
compose a short paragraph explaining what you think that passages shows about the character Nozia. Try to explain what characteristics we learn the character has and why those seem significant or important in the scope of the story thus far.
