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 him, Titid, sends Jeremie to Djo. She has a tape recorder with her. Jeremie is there to listen and to tape Djo's story as from a little child to present date. Djo tells her of how he was raised in Cite Soleil, a very poor and large part of Port-au-Prince. Djo lived in a one room house witch was a stall for a motor car, or a garage. He lives with his mother, father, two sisters and two brothers, also his cousin Lally. All of the chil
"And we will, Jeri, don't you think?" Djo changes when Donay dies. He thinks about Christ and what his father said about the 'go-between'. He asks himself if the go-between can be any person like Donay. Djo thought that Donay was a good person and he wanted to tell him that his life was important. Donay thought that his life was used and thrown away like he wasn't important. Djo truthfully thought that he was the best. "Is hope we need to keep alive, the, Djo" Aristide, or as Djo calls him, Titid, is the first democratically elected president of Haiti. He is a Salesian priest whose first and continuing ministry has been among the poor of Port-au-Prince. Father Aristide wants Haiti to become better. He wants people to live decent lives, with food everyday, and clean water to drink. People like Djo and Jeremie are the one who tr
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Approximate Word count = 566
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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