Tetiyette and The Devil", is a short story a Caribbean
funeral tale about a seventeen-year-old Guadeloupan girl. Funeral tales are
stories that are generally passed down orally from generation to generation.
Story like this a very hard to survive and prosper over the years therefore
they must be very special. While the story was very weird, the tale contained
much deeper meaning than a young girl not wanting to marry two animals. The
author was able to make us feel sad for the girl despite her emotions.
We all have heard the famous phrase from parents saying i
told you so, I told you so, but pretty much every day. This story emphasizes
that saying and takes it to an all-time high. In the book the girl cried out to
her mom first and then her dad saying, "Oh, Papa! Oh, Papa! The man to whom you've married me, is eating
me up (Tetiyette, 3)! Tetiyette has turned her marrying a devil into her fathers’
fault, by blaming him for allowing it. She chose to not to get tom know her
husband on the inside instead she fell for his outer image. She basically chose
a rich man and ignore her mother's advice. That is the main the reason this
story has been pass down for years around and been passed down to each generation.
Every young adult can relate to this tale. Especially as teenagers, because
everything seems as our parents are always bossy us around.
