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Danticat poses powerful questions about blame, guilt, forgiveness, healing, and redemption in “The Book of the Dead.” Is Danticat arguing that Ka should forgive her father? Has the father forgiven himself? Does forgiveness — by his daughter or his wife or even himself — change your view of his actions as a young man? What is your view of father at the end of the story? Is this view of the father different than at other times in the story?