![]() ![]() He dedicates his life to finding her and falls in with the Route 9 gang, becoming the right hand man for Biggie, second in command to leader Dread Wilme. Shorty grew up in a divided Haiti, witnessing a gang attack on his home that ended with his father’s murder by machete and his twin sister’s kidnapping. He feels as if l’Ouverture is reaching out to him through these dreams, and this spurs him to survive. While trapped in the rubble, he recalls his life and drifts in and out of dreams where he becomes Toussaint l’Ouverture, am 18th century Haitian revolutionary. A gang member who killed his first man at 10, Shorty’s violent lifestyle lands him in the hospital after being shot in the arm – right before the earthquake. ![]() Plot Summary : In Darkness tells the story of Shorty, a teenaged boy trapped in the rubble of a hospital after the 2010 Haitian earthquake. ![]()
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