Response to night women

I read "Night Women" by Edwidge Danticat and I thought it was interesting. It wasn't what I thought it was going to be about. I figured it was about women who got away from their day jobs to be their "real" selves at night. But it's about a single mother who is trying to care for her son by being a prostitute and her fight to not let her boy find out.

Her struggle of being a prostitute kills her, because she hates that she has to do it, which is why "the night is the time [she] dreads most in her life." She tells her son lies and half-truths to protect him from what is really going on. She feels in between a normal "day" person and a normal "night" person. She wants to work a normal job but can't and she hates the job she has.

I love how much she cares for her son that she makes sure he is truly asleep and can't hear what is going on so he grows up like a normal child. She shields him from the ugliness of the world and tries to make sure all he sees and hears are good things. That love makes her a pleasant character.

Overall, I think the story is well written and gives off good ideals. But even though the language is not extremely strong, it still gives off his points in powerful ways. "Night Women" is better than expected.