While reading Edwidge Danticat's Dewbreaker there were some points in the story where cultural differences between the reader and the author made it impossible to fully understand the authors position. However there were other parts where, although the particular events differed the experience was similar. For example when Ka is speaking with her father and he finally tells her after all the years about the secret from his past this is a situation that a majority of people can relate to. Then there are the aspects of the characters life that aren't as relatable to many people as that. For instance, her family having immigrated in her parents generation, and their difficulties with language and cultural barriers that give them a perspective that we, who live in our home countries cannot understand very easily. These points influence my perspective on the work in that I have an idea of how they feel with the language barrier from having worked with a crew that didn't speak English,
which helps inform my view of the character and her journey.
