My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid Precis' Part 2

Precis- 2 Months would pass and my brother would only become more sick. The body that he use to have seemed to be just that, the body that he USE to have. His lips were extremely chapped and his body was very skinny. The body that he had before was very skinny but the way that he looks now isn't the same way. Before he seemed like a healthy person and the kind of skinny that he has now makes him see like he is very close to death. As he got worse and his body started to fall apart on him he died. I was told this by my husband, when he first started to tell me about my brothers death I thought it was someone in his family. When he told me it was my brother i felt relived knowing I would be able to handle death in my family easier than my husband.

Quotes- "His death was imminent and we were all anticipating it, including him, but we never gave any thought to the fact that this was true for all of us: our death was imminent, only we were not anticipating it...yet. (Page 92)

'When my husband woke me up, he said, "Sweetie, come, come, I have to talk to you. In the dark of the room I could see his face; that isn't really possible, to see something like a face in the dark of a room. (Page 99)

"Dalma just called, Devon died." And when he said "Devon died" I thought, Oh it's Devon who died, not one of his relatives, not someone of his, this is not someone he has to grieve for." (Page 99)

Thoughts-This book seems to be very raw and that makes it very true and I would guess if you lost someone close to you this could be very easy to relate to. The only thing that confuses me is the calm tone that Jamaica always has. You always hear about people crying when they are told about someone close to them dying but Jamaica faces everything that usually brings heartache around her with a calm head. He father also died but she doesn't seem to convey any of her feelings at the time and when she does those feelings are always described with calm words. She never seems to be mad or upset she is always expecting the worse so everything thats bad that happens to her is just expected.