Desperation

In the novel Brotherman there are various themes one of the most evident ones is desperation. The picture of desperation is best shown through the character known as Cordelia. Cordelia lived with her son, sister and lover. Her lover Jonas, the soul provider or "bread winner" was a drug dealer so he was arrested and sent to jail. This brought frustration upon Cordelia. With Jonas out of the picture Cordelia had to fend for herself and with the help of her little sister try to provide for her family. It is safe to say that is where her desperation began. After losing her man she got terrible sick but thanks to brotherman who prayed for her she recovered. i believe that at that point she though that things could not get any worse but she was dead wrong. As soon as she recovered her son feel terrible ill. She did what she thought was best and call brotherman to pray for her dear son, her only child, to heal him of his sickness but to her she waited and their was no change she son was still really sick. That is when she reached the peak of her desperation. After losing her man she couldn't stand the thought of losing her only son so she was determined to go to any measure to save her sons life. Desperation can lead people to do a lot of ridiculous thing that they wouldn't even think of doing on a regular basis. In Cordelia's case she turned to obeah to heal her sick son when brother man's prayers didn't work. When the obeah didn't work desperation lead her to insanity.