2-4-FAMILY CONFLICTS IN LOVE
AFFAIRS IN THE GHOSTS OF BRAZILBY FLORENT COUAO ZOTTI
Love in the novel the ghosts of Brazil Brazil, is
manifesting between Pierre Kuassi Kpossou and Anna-Maria Dolores Do Mato, two
young people from two different world, from two families that nothing brings
together except prejudices social and racial. Anna-Maria is an Agouda, a
beautiful descendant of slaves with rich parents and Pierre is from slave
traders. Their love is therefore considered indecent on the part of the girl's
parents. As proof from page 9 to 14, Peter and Anna Maria have been surprised
by Eugenio, Octaviano, Fulgencio, the brothers of Anna-Maria in a bungalow at
the beach enjoying their carnal antics. They tied Peter up, abandoned him and
then went home with their sister. Pierre, after having regained his strength
and his spirits, returned home. He is received by his uncle Kpassè in
the forest while Anna-Maria, unable to bear the punishment inflicted on her,
runs away. In this flight, she did not know where to go and took the direction
of the forest. Heavy rain fell on her and stopped her in her race against the
clock. She was kidnapped by a group of bandits in which was Adado, the cousin
of Pierre. At the same time, his brothers were looking for him, but without
success. Adado escaped with her and brought her to her fiancé in the
forest at Uncle Kpassè's. He brought them back to town and left them to
their fate. Conflicts in this novel are manifesting between both families and
most observed mainly through Anna Maria's brothers anger on Pierre. Page 9 to
96 reading shows that there are cultural conflicts between Pierre's Family and
the one of Anna Maria. The different colors used by the author on the cover
page of the novel have a link with all events happened and helped me to
illustrate some of them having a link with the topic under study.
On the cover page we can see two hands: the yellow one and the
black one, in chains that are held back by the index and middle fingers. The
use of the left hands which are those of the heart and the way in which the
fingers are held back testifies to a strong love between two beings who want to
unite and who refuse a separation. The broken chain of the Black Hand
symbolizes liberation; the many obstacles, the many adventures crossed by the
lovers. This shows that the story takes place on African soil. A blue sky
indicates tranquility and to warn them of spirituality, it is the paradise:
This part of the novel takes into account the last pages of the novel where the
two lovers saved their love by throwing themselves into the sea. The book's red
color conveys the many issues raised in the novel. As proof taking into account
the novel towards the end of novel on Saturday, during the funeral of Manuel
Luis da Gonceiçao, the entire Agouda community went to support the widow
Bébédicta and during the bourignan marking the reception phase,
Anna-Maria was unmasked by her brother Eugenio. Pierre then came to his rescue
by throwing himself on the brother. Octavio and Fulgencio joined Eugenio for a
merciless fight. But Pierre and Anna-Maria got the better of them by going to
throw themselves into the sea to savor their eternal love
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