Proposal for Transformation Scenes

Proposal for Transformation Scenes

After reading the book Krik? Krak!, I find there are many relationship between each story. After acting the character of rebellious Caroline, I find out

Similarities between the girl in Children of the Sea and the mom in Caroline’s Wedding.

l   Story: Caroline’s Wedding+ Children of the Sea (+A wall of Fire Rising)

l   The day starts when Caroline announces she agrees with Eric’s propose to Grace and their Mom. Caroline’s mom strictly disagree with Caroline marries with another country’s man. Especially this man is not as well educated as Caroline and probably earns a lower salary. Caroline’s attitude is extremely tough. Her mom wants Caroline to be happy but she also doesn’t want Caroline forget that’s he is a Hatian. In her mom’s dream, she starts to remember her ex-lover, the guy who she used to fall in love with. He was also a rebellious kid just like Caroline when she meets him. She couldn’t extricate her self from loving him. Although he passed the university exam, he is poor and works in an antigovernment radio station, so her father separated them and took the whole family escape to Vale Rose. After all, they still need to face reality. He left her and went on a boat to Miami. After Caroline’s mom wakes up from her dream, she realize how precious love bravely is. She doesn’t want be as cruel as her father who tears her heart. At the end, she agrees with her daughters wedding and shed happy tears during Caroline’s wedding.

l   Setting:

l   Reality : 1992. Takes places in New York City. Caroline is 25 Years old, her mom is 50 years old.

l   Dream: 1959(the year when Tonton Macoutes was created.) Happened in Haiti. Caroline was 17 years old. The boy was 18 years old.

l   Character:

l   Caroline:25 years old. Born in America, grow up in American culture. She meats her husband in Jackie Robinson Intermediate School where she teaches Haitian kids speak English. Her husband is a janitor.

l   Caroline’s mom (young+ old): gave birth to Caroline when she was 25. She had two relationships with men in her life. One is with her ex-lover, the boy who went to Miami, the other is with her passed husband. She meets the boy when she was 17. Then her whole family went to Vale Rose to take refuge. At there, her father marries her with a man who has a little money.

l   The boy in Children of the sea: died at the age of 18 on a boat smuggle to Miami. He is a really rebellious young man, but he has desire to be a better person who can give the girl he love a better future. (This boy is little guy. His mom is Lili who is a prostitute. His father jumped out of hot balloon when he was young. ) In order to take refuge, he went on a boat to Miami.

l   Reason why I make this: Haiti’s culture is really deep in every Haitian’s heart. Caroline’s mom, as a really Haitian women，naturally thin that women are inferior to man. However, we all have experienced relationship and know the feeling of breaking up with the person who you really love. Just like the girl in Children of the Sea who writes her love in letters. In order to have a turning point for Caroline’s mom to comprehend her daughter’s desire of love, I add her relationship with the boy as her secret that she never told anyone. In this way, the play can be more touching and reasonable.