This novel does not only unfolds romance, intimacy, love and betrayal but lessons learn that the reader can place into everyday life. These lessons arose from the greatest character in this book called "Brotherman". Whom spoke about living righteous and healing, curing and encouraging those who needed it the most. Although he plays a great role in this novel they were people such as the evil Papacita who didn't appreciate these things. This is so because Brotherman had saved a young girl called Minette who lived with him, whom Papacita wanted and thought he would not gain her love because of Brotherman who seemed to be in his way. Also another envious indivual was "Braambo" who was an obeah man in the village and thought Brotherman should also engage himself in these type of doings also. Although it was mentioned earlier that "Papacita" wanted the young lady Minette that he tried getting earnestly, he was actually involved in a relationship with a lady named Girlie. This realthionship is what we Antiguans consider as "off balance". This is so because this seemed as a verbal and physically abusive realathionship where dirty remarks and inflicting blows are often used with one another. Papacita oftens beat Girlie like "a road march" as we Antiguans will say. From this treatment Girlie decided not to take this anymore and stabbed her boyfriend Papacita to death with all her strength and the grief and hatred she had for him. This novel ends however abrupt to me because the once loved brother by the people in the lane and all over turned against him because he was a rasta. This occurred because of an unfortunate incident where a young girl and her boyfriend got killed by a Rastafarian also, so a stereotype and discrimination started against all Rasta's. Brotherman was eventually approached by a group of angry villagers who almost killed him but luckily he didn't. I thought it ended abrupt because more substance could have been added to say whether he would be loved again by the teachings he thought. However, it didn't but I must conclude that this novel has changed me with certain aspects such as practising love everyday events with the people who don't love you. In closing as the great Brotheman said "Peace and love".
