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Rézia is a Haitian woman who, after immigrating to the U.S., runs a Haitian restaurant in Manhattan. She meets Mariselle and Freda in a GED class, and the three become close friends. Rézia eventually tells the story of how she was raised by an aunt who ran a brothel in Haiti, and how her aunt once allowed a government agent to rape her after he threatened to put the aunt in prison.
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Rézia Character Timeline in The Dew Breaker
The timeline below shows where the character Rézia appears in The Dew Breaker. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Funeral Singer
Rézia owns a Haitian restaurant on the Upper West Side called Ambiance Créole. She is in...
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Rézia nicknames the teacher “Flat Tit,” Mariselle “Mother Mary,” and Freda “the baby funeral singer,” because...
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After several weeks on the course, Freda, Mariselle, and Rézia cook a meal together, each taking care of a different dish. Mariselle came to the...
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...a list of people being taken to be interrogated at the army barracks in Port-au-Prince. Rézia is the only one of the three women to pass her practice test. Later, they...
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...light candles and pray to Saint Jude, the patron of lost causes, with Mariselle and Rézia in order to help them pass their exam. They also pray for Haiti, though Mariselle...
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...she’s going back to Haiti to join a militia, and the others burst into laughter. Rézia asks who will sing at Freda’s funeral if she dies. Mariselle suggests that Freda sing...
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