The short stories in the novel Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat demonstrate the difficulties individuals face and how they react to them. The characters in the stories come from different contexts and experiences, but they all seem to share the same sense of suffering and pain. Danticat uses women in the collections to show the struggles and unhappiness that the people of Haiti faced in the 1960s. The women, all from different parts of Haiti and also New York, face problems in the workplace, in their social lives but, most importantly, within their families. Each woman solves or works to solve her problems in a completely selfish and unique way. In Krik? Krak! Danticat uses characterization to show the suffering of Haitian families and singles out each situation to make it more emphasized. Danticat also uses a great deal of symbolism in an attempt to portray the meaning of the issues addressed. The main theme of Krik? Krak! it focuses on the diversity of suffering and the fact that, even when placed in similar situations, each person suffers differently. Using characterization can be helpful when you know the characters in a story and also understand their background. Gender roles in Haitian society are described as a typical lifestyle in the time of postcolonialism. Since men typically held jobs and brought income to the family, women took care of housekeeping and served as caretakers for the family. Krick? Krak! focuses predominantly on female society and the impact women have on the entire family. Mostly all the stories are told from a woman's point of view, in many of them the presence of men is non-existent... middle of paper... post-colonial literature (Bader). The escape theory gives the characters hope and allows them to try to free themselves from their past. As shown, Danticat provides the feelings of Haitian suffering in Krik's tales? Krak! through characterization and symbolism. In the article “Haiti,” Hal Wylie states, “These stories are necessary to find the essential values ​​of life, the foundation for a character who can withstand the traumas of life” (Wylie). The harsh realities facing the people of Haiti are life-changing, but they have all managed to be brought under control. Each story demonstrates a new struggle and how different families react in their own ways. In Haiti's postcolonial era, every citizen faced economic and even social problems. Edwidge Danticat portrays the problems and solutions that Haitians lived with in the novel Krik? Krakow!