WMST 275 Chapter Notes -Parsley Massacre, Jephthah, Parsley
7 Dec 2014
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Jephthah called together the men of gilead and fought against ephraim: this is drawing a parallel between trujillo (jephthah) and how he brought together dominicans to massacre the haitians in 1937. The gileadites captured the fords of the jordan leading to ephraim: fords: shallow area in a river or a stream, this ford is known as the one where many ephraimites were slain, similar to the. Massacre river in the dr where many haitians were massacred. Forty-two thousand were killed at the time: from 20,000 to 30,000 haitians were killed during the 5 day massacre. Also once we read this section, we learn that. Both of these very negative situations should inspire a lack a confidence of the mother of the rivers . The significance of this being put into the novel: To show history repeats itself, interpretation of religion, racism- The narrative constantly switches back and forth between amabelle"s past, her present, dreams, etc.
