Reflection on "Crabs" by Edwidge Danticat

This story to me was very upsetting. In his religion it is known that you would pray for food when you didn’t have it. His family was all suffering of starvation just like him. When his uncle taught him and his cousins that they had to pray, they did it to be able to get food and live. After they started to pray, they noticed that there prayers were working because they got more food. The little boy said that he was praying for hope but also because of terror. I think that he shouldn’t be praying for terror; he should only pray for hope. I believe that prayers only work if they are with hope. As he prayed more, he was getting more food witch taught him that praying do work. I thought it very upsetting when he was praying a lot and he stops praying when he gets food that he is allergic to. I think that the food was only supposed to teach him that he doesn’t always get what he wants. What it really taught him was that praying doesn’t work. Because of this, he stopped praying ever again. This is the wrong solution that he took. His prayers have worked before and only because they don’t work once; it doesn’t mean that he should stop. By never praying again he is betraying his family because he is not trying to help himself or his family live. This story is teaching people to give up on what they believe in. It should teach that following what you believe will help you get through your life.