Discussion Questions (4/6)

What is the significance of Creole language in our discussions of the transatlantic?

Over the course of this semester, the sea has continuously taken lives. Why is the sea so important to the two cultures we are examining and, in The Sea at Dauphin, why does Jules still want to go to the sea? What is the allure?

In section 9 of The Schooner Flight, Shabine says, “Progress is history’s dirty joke.” What is the relationship between history and progress?

What is happening with Maria Concepcion? I have some thoughts about her name but I’m not entirely sure of the situation with her.