Tetiyette and the Devil

The narrative "Tetiyette and the Devil" is written by a 17 year-old Guadeloupen girl in which she expresses certain cultural aspects of Guadelupen culture within the story. The author appeals the narrative to a younger audience expressing consequences of certain actions in relationships and the importance of listening to parents. In the narrative Tetiyette is given three different life mates which are men described as a goat, a pig, and a handsome charming gentleman. The three men are presented to the mother and then the daughter who then rejects both the pig and the goat basing her opinion on their looks. Then the charming gentleman is presented and Tetiyette immediately wants to marry him. The parents warn her of the possibility of him being the devil. They turn out to be right and do not help their daughter when the devil starts to eat her. The author conveys her message by applying the use of the three figurative men and the consequences of not heeding the warnings of the parents. The purpose of the young author was most likely to raise the awareness of how deception can turn a circumstance lead to a dreadful outcome. In Tetiyette's case, her naivety turns out to hurt her as she puts herself in a toxic relationship with the devil. In my opinion the devil represents an abusive relationship and when the devil starts to "eat her up"(Kane and Flotsan) I perceive it as the man is physically violent towards Tetiyette. When Tetiyette does not heed her parents warnings