... if she had to go through the horror of her rape all over again...
Reading Breath, Eyes, Memory,we learn that Sophie is the product of a brutal rape so I decided to focus my piece on women who became pregnant and kept their child after a rape. I was deeply moved by this being a woman who was raped I don’t know if I could have been this strong had a pregnancy occurred. Sophie’s mother who lives in New York sends for her daughter after nine years and Sophie does not want to go because she barely knows her. Her Aunt Tante Atie tells her this is what is best. Once Sophie gets to New York and sees her mother they go back to her apartment. It is here that secrets are revealed to Sophie. She notices this picture on the night stand of her mother and auntie and questions the fact that she does not look like either one of them. This is when she learns that her mother was raped as a young girl and became pregnant with her. So here is this woman who had endured this brutal situation, became pregnant, and kept the child. The article “Raped And Pregnant At 12-Years-Old, This Girl Made A Remarkable Decision,” was about a women named Lianna Rebolledo who at the age of twelve had to endure this same horrific situation. Both of the women had to deal with the stigma’s of not only being raped but having to look at the children who were products of these rapes. They would have to wear the physical and emotional scars for the rest of their lives. There was a section inBreath, Eyes, Memorythat Sophie had to wake her mother from a bad dream. These were reoccurring nightmares that she suffered because of her rape. In the article Lianna has to wear the physical scars on her face and neck from her brutal attract. Sophie’s mother chose to leave her in Haiti when she moved to New York possible to get away from the pain or demons as she put it in her country. This was possibly her coping mechanism. Although she said it was to make a better way for her daughter, mother, and sister. In the article Lianna raised her daughter as best she could. And later started a nonprofit organization that she runs today that helps women who are raped and become pregnant deal with it. Both of these women had to deal with horrible situations but they still chose to have their babies. These women are very strong because I don’t think I could ever have done this.