The Dew Breaker continues by introducing more stories to relate all the different characters introduced in the beginning. The idea of being sheltered from reality appears in the “Bridal Seamstress.” Two characters were introduced Aline and Beatrice. Beatrice explains how she was tortured in Haiti by the Dew Breaker. The Dew Breaker would whip the soles of her feet and then make her walk back home without shoes. When Beatrice moved to America, the trauma of torture followed her. She believes that the torturer moves wherever she goes because she thinks that the Dew Breaker lives on her block. Although Aline tries to tell Beatrice that the Dew Breaker doesn’t live there anymore, Beatrice doesn’t believe it.  Beatrice thinks that although the Dew Breaker doesn’t live there, he still hides there watching her. Beatrice is blinded from reality. This circumstance is similar to Aline because she is protected from hearing the realities of people like Beatrice from the silence of the families.

The “Monkey Tails,” reintroduces Michel but this time his past was described. This story was told during the time that Jean-Claude Duvalier, or Baby Doc was overthrown. In this chaos, mobs were formed to go after the dew breakers, or macoutes. Michel finds his friend Romain, whose father, Regulus is one of the macoutes. Regulus later killed himself after being pursued. Michel’s also had father issues because his father Monsieur Christophe never told Michel that he was his dad. The theme of silence appears again as Christophe hid this secret from Michel. The monkey tail refers to Duvalier as being able to swing from tree to tree going higher each time.

The “Funeral Singers,” introduces three new characters Freda, Mariselle, and Rezia. These three ladies are similar to the three men Eric, Michel, and Dany in the beginning of the novel. They each had their own stories about their life in Haiti. Freda was a funeral singer who refused to sing at the national palace. Therefore, her mother told her to leave Haiti. In Mariselle’s case her husband was killed when he painted a distorted image of the president. Therefore, she felt the need to escape the country. Rezia was raped when she was a little girl by a macoute. In all these circumstances, these ladies had to leave Haitit and find a new place of settlement.

The final chapter in this novel ties everything together by finally telling the story of the Dew Breaker’s life. The Dew Breaker wanted leave the country but decided to do one last job. This job involved killing a preacher. This preacher happened to be Anne’s stepbrother. The Dew Breaker revealed that he became a dew breaker because he didn’t want to be like his parents. The Dew Breaker along with other macoutes captured and beat up the preacher. The Dew Breaker finds out that he made a mistake by not initially killing the preacher. Now his mission was to release the preacher alive. However, after the Dew Breaker captured the preacher, the chair that the preacher was sitting on broke. The preacher then used the broken leg of the chair to slash the Dew Breaker’s face. Infuriated, the Dew Breaker killed the preacher. When he escapes he meets Anne who helped him recover his wound. They then moved to America together.

The Dew Breaker had to endure all the years of living with the guilt of murdering his wife’s stepbrother and constantly being constantly afraid of being recognized. This is like a punishment of for him because he is reminded everyday of his actions. Death would be an easier way out but it is too late now because he has a family. The life of the Dew Breaker has affected all the characters in the book one-way or the other. For some reason Danticat never revealed the true name of the Dew Breaker.