I believe this essay was one of the most informative essay I've read this summer. This piece by Richard Selzer Mask on the face of death, gave the reader all types of detail information about the Aids virus, the symptoms, treatment and how the men of Haiti are contracting the disease. While reading the story, I became annoyed reading the prostitute (Dominican Women) come over to Haiti and most knowing they are infected with the Aids virus and continue to sleep with the men. During Selzer inter- view with one of the women he asked (Carmen) "if you knew that you had Aids, that your blood was bad would you still sleep with men"? She throw her head back laughing to avoid the answer. Selzer assumed the answer was yes.
The AID epidemic that is destroying Haiti is really scary, so many of the people their sleeping with people who are infected by the disease. Not only heterosexual but homosexual acts. The essay indicated a few of the men rites of passage it seem and the use of voodoo. Which is a practice mainly use in Haiti.
The essay leaves you with a lot to think about, the AI D's virus has no racial, ethic or economic prejudice, anyone can be affect.
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