Antoinette's identity
A topic that often came up in class was who does Antoinette identify with. She and her family are not accepted by the local black community because Antoinette’s parents had slaves and treated them poorly. Since the Coulibri estate collapsed financially Antoinette and her family have been heavily judged by the local white community. It is also clear that Antoinette’s father was considered a bad man who was drunk all the time. Antoinette is in a hard situation because she played no role in the act of having slaves nor the financial downfall Coulibri. Also, in the beginning of the book when readers see Antoinette’s memories she has many instances were she is bullied by other kids and she hears of other talking bad about her family. We also see her seemingly innocent relationship with Tia that only turns bad when Antoinette brings degrading racial comments into their argument. In my opinion, Antoinette obviously does not get to choose to be black, especially consideri...