 For example, the doctors states that “many of us start out as twins in the belly and do away with each other (Ch.4, p.19).” This foreshadows not only the death of Rafael, but also the fate of the Haitians.The Haitians and the Dominican both hail from the same island and struggle to survive among the same resources.1 However, it is the Dominicans who try to do away with the Haitians in the form of the killings.