To Be Free
Although the blackberry branches scratched his already painful wounds, Manly Malo paid them no regard and kept running. “I hope I make it out alive,” Manly Malo thought to himself as he was sprinting through the Blackberry Forest with dogs looking for him. I know the river is around here somewhere… Ah ha! Manly Malo could see a dark blue river through the tangle of blackberries, and, without a care of his wounds, he leapt through a blackberry bush and into the river. Groping under the cold water, he found a thick blackberry vine and held on to it until his vision started to fade. Then, he surfaced the water and took a scan of his surroundings.
He immediately saw the dogs and their master, and his heart leapt into his throat, but …show more content…
When the people saw Manly Malo paddling toward them, they started to cheer. After this, Manly Malo paddled toward the shore with newfound vigor. He paddled for all those years he had been beaten, abused, worked, dehumanized, enslaved, mistreated, and tortured. He paddled with so much virility that he flipped the canoe. Manly Malo didn’t try to get back in his canoe, but instead started to wade toward the shore, dragging his canoe with him. The people on the shore welcomed him to the hamlet. Manly Malo was hugged, cheered for, and praised for his long journey. During the celebration, he remembered all those years his life had been wasted while enslaved. He remembered every individual beating he had endured knowing that one day, he would be free. Now, after all those years, nobody owned him, and he could make his own decisions. Manly Malo started to cry for his accomplishments. He cried for all the people still not free and the almost futile hope that those people possessed: they would be free as Manly Malo is now. Manly Malo was now free, and he would never force anyone to endure what he endured. He would try to do his best to improve his surroundings and himself as much as he could, and he
Although the blackberry branches scratched his already painful wounds, Manly Malo paid them no regard and kept running. “I hope I make it out alive,” Manly Malo thought to himself as he was sprinting through the Blackberry Forest with dogs looking for him. I know the river is around here somewhere… Ah ha! Manly Malo could see a dark blue river through the tangle of blackberries, and, without a care of his wounds, he leapt through a blackberry bush and into the river. Groping under the cold water, he found a thick blackberry vine and held on to it until his vision started to fade. Then, he surfaced the water and took a scan of his surroundings.
He immediately saw the dogs and their master, and his heart leapt into his throat, but …show more content…
When the people saw Manly Malo paddling toward them, they started to cheer. After this, Manly Malo paddled toward the shore with newfound vigor. He paddled for all those years he had been beaten, abused, worked, dehumanized, enslaved, mistreated, and tortured. He paddled with so much virility that he flipped the canoe. Manly Malo didn’t try to get back in his canoe, but instead started to wade toward the shore, dragging his canoe with him. The people on the shore welcomed him to the hamlet. Manly Malo was hugged, cheered for, and praised for his long journey. During the celebration, he remembered all those years his life had been wasted while enslaved. He remembered every individual beating he had endured knowing that one day, he would be free. Now, after all those years, nobody owned him, and he could make his own decisions. Manly Malo started to cry for his accomplishments. He cried for all the people still not free and the almost futile hope that those people possessed: they would be free as Manly Malo is now. Manly Malo was now free, and he would never force anyone to endure what he endured. He would try to do his best to improve his surroundings and himself as much as he could, and he