The Dew Breaker

by

Edwidge Danticat

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Papa’s Scar

One of the very first things readers learn about Papa is that he has a scar across his face, which Ka says is from the year he spent in prison in Haiti. By the end…

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The Sculpture

The sculpture is the wooden statue Ka carves of Papa and sells to Gabrielle Fonteneau, a well-known Haitian American actress. It depicts Papa as Ka imagines him in prison, and thus represents the image…

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