Monday, September 28, 2009

Reflection on 'Brother Man'

So far i am not that intrigued by the book, though the struggles of certain characters are somewhat interesting. For instance, Minette appears to be attracted to Bra'man but he is oblivious to her feelings. This frustrates me almost as much as it frustrates Minette! BUT, he may not totally oblivious he may just be ignoring her, which isn't much better!
I think that the relationship between Papacita and Girly is sad and i almost feel sorry for her except that no one is forcing her to be in the relationship.
Thus far I have noticed that there are two VERY different types of spiritual healing. Bra' man heals through prayer soley while Bra' Ambo appears to be a voodoo practitioner.
The community seems to be very close knit and riddled with social issues, such as drugs, addiction, counterfeiting, prostitution, domestic abuse, poverty and hunger. All these issues introduced fairly early in the book make me eager to read on!