Kallaloo!

a Ca ri bbe a n T a l e

Allison Bermúdez and Karen Umaña

Title Analysis
Kallaloo refers to a vegetable, and
it is the name of a very popular
soup made in Trinidad and Tobago
and Dominica.
Plot
An old woman (Granny) claims to have found a
magic shell that can make kallaloo, a popular
Caribbean soup. She quickly carries the shell to
the market.
She protests that the people in the market are
too poor to give away food, but they all end up
contributing ingredients for the traditional
Caribbean soup.
Theme
Teamwork
 Characters

Main Secondary
Granny The market’s people
 Setting

Physical Psychological
The beach Hunger
The market Motivation
Amusement
Symbols
The Shell The Soup
(Food)
Style
Lineal
 Ending
Closed ending

The story ends with everyone

sharing the kallaloo, topped with
cornmeal fungi, and Granny
returning the shell to the sea.
 Caribbean Characteristics
Food The Real Wonderful
The shell
The soup

The Use of Creole The Weather

“Look at that! It magic! Sunny
Kallaloo, for true”
Thanks!
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