ager , ▁J édé y on , ▁lives ▁alone ▁in ▁an ▁old ▁house ▁with ▁his ▁nie ce ▁R ita . ▁J édé y on ▁has ▁been ▁abandoned ▁by ▁his ▁wife ▁and ▁family ▁who ▁left ▁for ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁without ▁him ▁and ▁he ▁constantly ▁ber ates ▁and ▁ch ast ises ▁R ita , ▁who ▁takes ▁care ▁of ▁him ▁and ▁the ▁house . ▁He ▁dies ▁before ▁the ▁re bell ion . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁an ▁additional ▁abstract ▁plot line ▁which ▁cent ers ▁on ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁co ck ▁fight ▁( d é za f is , ▁in ▁H ait ian ). ▁When ▁Sint il ▁is ▁at ▁last ▁app reh ended ▁and ▁killed ▁it ▁is ▁at ▁one ▁of ▁these ▁co ck ▁f ights . ▁ ▁Str ucture ▁▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁its ▁spir al ist ▁influ ences , ▁Dé za fi ▁is ▁un con vent ional ▁in ▁structure ▁and ▁formatting . ▁It ▁follows ▁a ▁spir al - like ▁structure , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁narr ative ▁b ends ▁back ▁to ▁where ▁it ▁began ▁with ▁multiple ▁repet itions ▁and ▁re iter ations ▁of ▁points ▁and ▁details . ▁The ▁main ▁story ▁progress es ▁on ▁and ▁up , ▁building ▁to ▁the ▁clim ax ▁with ▁numerous ▁other ▁voices ▁and ▁pers pect ives ▁included ▁to ▁build ▁the ▁sense ▁that ▁the ▁whole ▁narr ative ▁reality ▁is ▁collect ive ▁and ▁exists ▁both ▁object ively ▁and ▁subject ively . ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁includes ▁three ▁types ▁of ▁text : ▁ital ics , ▁bold ▁with ▁forward ▁slash es , ▁and ▁ind ented ▁standard