This scene really opened up my mind to the horrors of slavery. I had a very hard time reading the part where the chain gang is escaping and they are swimming through the mud and some of the men are suffocating. Yikes! It gave me chills! I will never know the slave life, and I will never know about being treated like an animal. But how Morrison portrays the men is nothing less than the truth about how slave owners treated slaves. Paul D’s cell in the ground is basically a coffin. Like I said, I had a very hard time reading about the condition of Paul D’s life.
In this passage, Paul D’s hands are personified like they have a mind of their own. They do not listen to Paul D, they do what they want. It is so sad that they cannot take care of Paul
In this passage, Paul D’s hands are personified like they have a mind of their own. They do not listen to Paul D, they do what they want. It is so sad that they cannot take care of Paul