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Everyone in life and in Cereus Blooms at Night has secrets. They are masqueraded in different ways and the severity of each is different. The most notable skeletons in the large closet that Shani Mootoo has created are Mala\u2019s childhood that was filled with abuse, different love affairs with Chandin and Lavinia and Sarah and Lavinia, Tyler\u2019s sexual identity and preference, and the disappearance of Mala\u2019s father.<\/p>\n
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When recounting the event of killing her father, on page 229, it starts as a struggle, She is unsure of what to do and jumps around his body, \u201cdid she only imagine the vapor of hot air that passed over the blade? She jumped up and, extremely vigilant, edged her way toward his feet.\u201d But as the recounting continues, Mala becomes determined and has a plan to get Chandin in the sewing room, locked away where nobody could find him and she would be at peace \u201cShe locked the door. She leaned up against it with relief and then mounted the stairs.\u201d She was free.<\/p>\n
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This said, she was never happy with missing Asha so when Judge Bissey came and delivered her letters to Mala I was surprised that she wasn’t upset that they were never delivered because of the Mailman\u2019s fears. Continuing with secrets and my lack of faith in our current legal system, Judge Bissey\u2019s secrets are alluded to on page 243. Anyway, the notes came to Mala as a sigh of relief almost. She wasn’t angry but happy to know she was ok and give her hope of reuniting.<\/p>\n
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Secrets are powerful, but eventually they become liberating to share once you have the right audience. We talked about confession in class and that to be coerced into confession is not the same as doing it on your own. It took Mala a long time to admit to her father\u2019s disappearance but with the way the book ended, I believe that guilt was gone and there was only hope for Asha and her reuniting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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