i
- The story on St. Lucia continues. The narrator returns home and finds himself in the middle of a storm, which reminds him of Achille and Hector braving out the hurricane in different ways.
- When the storm is over, everything he thought had been obliterated by its power had actually been renewed.
ii
- It is Christmastime, and with it comes a breeze through the islands. He observes the warmth and comfort of holiday hospitality…
- But he also smells a foreboding deadness in the clogged drains. You didn't think this book was going to suddenly turn happy, now did you?
iii
- This section is an ode to January—the month of Janus, which is the two-headed god who can look back to the past and forward to the future at the same time.
- This time of year on the island speaks of promise, despite the history that is undeniably around him.
- The narrator's senses awaken and he perceives things in new ways.