Night Women and Indigo

In class on Tuesday, we read/discussed the stories Night Women by Dandicat and Indigo by Shange. They are both interesting stories and I enjoyed reading them both. They are also very different from one another, Night Women is about a young women struggling with her line of work while trying to take care of her young son. Indigo is about a mother and her three daughters, and the mother has a different path for each of them and wants them to grow up to be very successful and married.

Night Women is about a young woman in her 20's, her job as a prostitute, working at night while separated between her son with a mere curtain. They live in a very small house and are forced in this position since the mother can't find another job or one that she would even like. She is very worried that eventually her son will find out what she does once he becomes older. He always ask why she gets dressed up before bed and she says she is waiting for the angels to come. She also doesn't see the men as merely customers, more of like a suitor. They bring her gifts every night, and this makes it seem better to her.

In the story Indigo, the mother sends her three daughters away to become very successful and attempts to put them on the path that she wants. She sends one to a prep school, one to a ballet school and the other to learn violin. However, the daughters don't agree with this plan their mother has in store for them. The daughter Indigo's story is interesting because her friends are dolls and she immerses her life into them.