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A Young Woman's Struggle to Womanhood

Many people do not understand the hardship of growing up in the Haitian culture. In the book Breath, Eyes, and Memory by Edwidge Danticat, she describes how family values are very important to the Haitian culture and the life of a young woman named Sophie is completely shattered due to the trauma afflicted upon her by her mother’s testing. Sexually pure also plays a major role in young Haitian girls’ lives. Martine's testing negatively affects Sophie's chances of marrying a prestigious Haitian man because the testing ruins Sophie's self-esteem, and the dynamic scar that the testing lives Sophie with. The Haitian culture requires that young girls must stay a virgin until the day she gets married.

Sophie is very tormented by the time she becomes a teenager, because her mother often tested her vagina to make sure she remains a virgin. Martine’s testing pessimistically affects Sophie’s chances of marrying a prestigious Haitian man because Sophie is deeply traumatize and her self-esteem is ru

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