As I read further into Breath, Eyes, Memory it all seems to be about patterns. How the grandmother, mother, aunt, daughter, and baby are all being raised. How the trips to Port-Au Prince are all the same with the same shouting and excitement for the department stores. Even their cooking patterns seem to bind them. All the women in this family seem to look at Bridgette as the break of the patterns and the possible baby in the mothers stomach seems to point to maybe another break or new beginning for each of them. However that turns out to be false when Martine kills herself.
Each section seems to display a pattern being broken. The biggest one being the rape, but the second one being the behavior or opinion of males. In the book we are started with a female cast of characters who protect themselves from males. As the book continues we get the "good' male characters of Marc and Joseph who want to be faithful, caring, and loving towards the women in their lives. I particularly enjoy Joseph receiving the tour of the house and acting like the respectful boyfriend visiting for the first time seeking approval, even though he is married and has a child.
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