MLML Chapter 3-5

Chapter 3:
After Desiree heard the bang, she went there for a look. Later on she saw a broken car and a young man who got hurt. She tried to find someone else for help but she could not leave him alone. After she sang a song, peasants appeared. Desiree asked Tonton Julian to bring him home. Desiree thought that this young man was the will of the Gods. M. Bienaime came and saw the young man and said that he was definitely a creole boy but he did not know he is. Then they decided to let M. Julian travel to the big cities and towns in the direction that the hurt man had been heading. While they were talking outside of the hut, Desiree was in the hut looking after the young man. She thought that the goddess Erzulie (the Haitian African spirit of love, beauty, jewelry, dancing, luxury, and flowers) had asked this of her, and Agwe had demanded it.

Chapter 4:
Six days pass and peasants are waiting for M. Bienaime and M. Julian to come back. Desiree are carefully looking after her patient. Her devotion raised the fears of Mama Euralie. Mama Euralie afraids that one day Desiree will leave them. One day when Desiree goes back to the room, she finds out that the man opens his eyes. Even though his eyes are open, he still cannot speak. Then, a terrible storm raids the village. Many things are gone. Mama Euralie then curses the Gods that she believes. She is desperate and wants to know why the Gods do such things to her (storm, husband). Even though she is desperate, she holds the young man hard and tells him that she will protect him: "I'll protect you. I'll do battle, if battle need be done - with the gods, even with my own Agwe, to keep you alive." Night came. When everyone falls asleep, Desiree is still looking after her patient. Then, Desiree sees a demon. In order to save the young man's life, she prayed to the Gods, to Agwe, to Erzulie, that she will even give her soul for the life and happiness of her love. After that, the demon fades.

Chapter 5:
One day, a helicopter arrives the village. A rich man comes down to the village and claims that he is the patient's father - M. Beauxhomme. He claims that Tonton Julian gives him the direction so that he can find the village. Then he gives about 1 dollar to Mama Euralie as the gratitude. The helicopter breaks Desiree's heart. She thinks this is the punishment from the Gods, as she holds him back from the evil. Later, Tonton Julian returns. He tells the journey to the peasants and describes M. Beauxhomme as an rich and arrogant jerk. Even though he only gives him five gourdes (about 1 dollar), Mama Euralie comforts him that they can uses this money to buy seeds, so that their land will be rich. When they are talking, Desiree is still forlorn and unhappy.