In bed, Darling describes her old life, saying that her family “had a home and everything and we were happy” (64). They sing the national anthem and Godknows pretends to act like the NGO man, taking pictures of the other children with a brick. They talk about what it means to vote and Bastard talks about how he will be president of the country someday. The children discuss what happens when you vote while putting up posters that say “Change, Real Change” (61) on the door of every shack, as they have been assigned by other children named Bornfree and Messenger. The adults smile more and talk a lot about change and democracy the women giggle at the men, trying to look beautiful. The atmosphere of Paradise changes as the adults prepare to vote in an election.
0 kommentar(er)
