When slaves had escaped from the plantation they were kept at the slave owners would release dogs into the forest to find them. In the beginning of the novel Keri is describing her morning and states, “I’m always grateful for mornings with no tremors, no frantic dogs barking”(Campbell 4). In this quote Keri references back to when slaves would be on the run constantly in fear that one day the dogs are going to be frantically barking because they have finally caught their prey. In other words, Keri uses this quote as a metaphor describing how she feels as though she is the slave on the run constantly in fear that one day the dogs are going to catch up and drag her back into the world of her daughter’s illness. This helps the author create the
