Summary Of Edwidge Danticat's 'Ghosts'

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In Ghosts by Edwidge Danticat, the main character, Pascal, learns about how unjust the world is. After having his idea for a radio show stolen from him, one of his acquaintances, Tiye, ordered the shooting of the radio station which it aired on. Because of this, Pascal was blamed for the ordering of the shooting, and was beaten by the police for information on the gang that did it: the Baz Benin. Pascal learns that the world can be a truly unjust place to live in, and that people’s judgement of a situation will inevitably lead to injustice being served. Towards the beginning of the story, Pascal has an idea for a radio show where gang members and business leaders try to come to a peaceful agreement. Eventually, his idea gets stolen, and his friend who tried to stand up for him was fired for doing so. It also seems that Pascal will be fired as well. Tiye overhears this conversation, so he and his gang started …show more content…

They act quickly and aggressively without thinking. Once they arrest Tiye, he tells them that Pascal, an innocent man, was the person who ordered the attack on the radio station. While it makes sense for them to investigate Pascal, now that he is connected to the case, they do not think clearly about the most just way to go about it. Instead of just interrogating Pascal, they raid his home in the middle of the night and torture him. Before they even knew he was guilty, before they knew if he was even involved, they tortured him until he told them what they wanted to hear. Their lack of good judgement was the cause of the most harmful act of injustice in the story- Tiye’s treachery. Because they blindly believed the word of a known criminal and gang leader, a man innocent of any wrongdoing was beaten. Tiye also used bad judgement. Pascal was unhappy about his idea being stolen, but he clearly did not want a man to die over it. Tiye’s lack of Judgement cost a man his life, and led to Pascal being

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