TASTE OF SALT

This story takes place in the slums of Haiti. In a hospital bed, lays Djo, beaten and hardly alive. Djo is an innocent victim of a political firebombing. The Macoutes, or the bad guys, pour gasoline in and on the camps of the followers of Aristide. They rob and slaughter the members of the camps. He is also a vital member of Father Jean Bertrand Aristide’s. Father Aristide, or as the local Haitians call …

…he wasn’t important. Djo truthfully thought that he was the best. I thought this book really made me realize the actual poverty and sad lives that is and was happening in Haiti. I felt sad for Djo, for all he really wanted was a new Haiti, and big powerful people were in his way. I don’t believe that people should be treated that way, and everyone has rights to be able to survive.