TI-JEAN AND HIS BROTHERS BY DERECK WALCOTT GENRE: TRAGIC COMEDY NARRATIVE: FRAME NARRATIVE STRUCTURE: TRIPARTITE-THREE SCENES REPRESENT THREE BROTHERS SPEECH: DIALECT FABLE CHARACTERS: GRO-JEAN: ELDEST, STRONGEST, REFERS TO HIMSELF AS THE MAN WITH THE IRON FIST.  MI-JEAN: THE SECOND CHILD WHO IS BOOK SMART, HOWEVER, HE IS  NOT STREET SMART TI-JEAN: THE YOUNGEST CHILD WHO IS SMART AND FOLLOWS HIS INSTINCTS IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THE DEVIL.     OTHER CHARACTERS: PAPA BOIS/ THE DEVIL/OLD MAN/BOLOM FROG, FIREFLY, CRICKET, AND BIRD THE MOTHER SETTING :    THE FOREST/TRINIDAD PLOT: PROLOGUE :  THE FROG IS RELAYING THE STORY OF TI-JEAN AND HIS BROTHERS TO THE OTHER CREATURES IN THE FOREST.  THE DEVIL OFFERS TI-JEAN AND HIS BROTHERS A DEAL, WHERE IF THEY GET HIM UPSET THEN THEY WILL GET TO LIVE IN WEALTH FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES; HOWEVER IF THE DEVIL GETS THEM UPSET THEY WILL BE EATEN....