Chapters 11 and 12 show another split between focus on the Women, and the Men of Senegal. Chapter 11 focuses on Penda's first interaction with Maimouna when she finds her sleeping in her bed. Penda at first does react in a not so pleasent way, but then seems to come around and shows compassion. For example, when Maimouna asks about her child Penda responds in a way to please Maimouna. Also Penda shows signs of compassion in her intrest of the fathers of Maimouna's children. I thought this was a good reaction seeing as how Penda's character is made out to be very independent and thick skinned.
Chapter 12 switches to focus on the men, specifically Doudo. Isnard offers Doudo 3 million francs to come back and start work again, in hopes that others will follow and the strike will be broken. Doudo proudly declines the offer and returns to the strikers to report what had happend. This gives the strikers more reasons to be optimistic as the French are finaly starting to show signs of weakness due to the strike.
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