Freedom has been compromised on multiple occasions throughout time. If we do nothing, history could repeat. In the folktale, The People Could Fly, Virginia Hamilton tells of African slaves who flew to convey the importance of freedom to everyone.
The author demonstrates liberty’s precedence. Throughout the text, wings represent freedom, as flight allows one to travel anywhere. The second and third paragraph read, “Then, many of the people were captured for Slavery. The ones that could fly shed their wings. . . . Too crowded, don’t you know.” When Americans captured Africans, they transported them back on cargo-ships. Since they were imprisoned in a small space, they lost their wings or independence. After the exposition, the author shows the
The author demonstrates liberty’s precedence. Throughout the text, wings represent freedom, as flight allows one to travel anywhere. The second and third paragraph read, “Then, many of the people were captured for Slavery. The ones that could fly shed their wings. . . . Too crowded, don’t you know.” When Americans captured Africans, they transported them back on cargo-ships. Since they were imprisoned in a small space, they lost their wings or independence. After the exposition, the author shows the