Middle Passage

In the passage on pages 97 through 98 of Octavia E. Butler’s Wild Seed, Doro struggles with the idea that Anyanwu is the only entity completely outside of his control. His success as a breeder has been built upon the feeling of control that he gets from his power to track anyone who dares to disobey him. Furthermore, Anyanwu’s survival and happiness throughout her life has been dependent on the feeling of freedom she gains from her powers, even when rotating through husbands and masters who…

Here, Adichie describes Nsukka in a long paragraph for this is the last time we are in Nigeria until the end of the novel. Each sentence reveals more about the town, but I will mostly examine the figurative language that is used at the end of the passage. Page 113 reads, “The church bazaars would leave the air redolent, smoky from mass cooking. Some nights, the heat lay thick like a towel. Other nights, a sharp cold wind would descend, and Ifemelu would abandon her hostel room and snuggled next…

Varicocele A varicocele is a swelling of veins in the scrotum. The scrotum is the sac that contains the testicles. Varicoceles can occur on either side of the scrotum but are more common on the left side. They occur most often in teenage boys and young men. In most cases, varicoceles are not a serious problem. Many are small and painless and do not require treatment. Tests may be done to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment may be needed if: • A varicocele is large, causes a lot of pain, or…

The Middle Passage is known as a trade route where the three main ports form a triangle. In fact, the ships would begin in England, then journey to Africa, and would sail to the West Indies back to England. For one thing, these ships did not just trade technology and goods, but also slaves from Africa. This can be seen in the story of “Oroonoko” where an African prince is first introduced, as a romantic character who is praised for his victories in battle and beauty is taken from his homeland to…

an important aspect that built the middle passage. Due to that from this passage African slaves came against their own will to be property of people. Once they arrived into the Americas they were seen as lesser than human beings and built only to serve. African slaves were stripped away from their rights and taken away from their homeland. While in the voyage from Africa to the Americas their treatment was inhumanly and not one of commodities. The middle passage was a route that was taken from…

frightening, inescapable, irreversible transition into the future and manhood that he faced. Wordsworth’s message about losing one’s innocence, previously being excited by the appeal of the future until he encountered it in its realized form, in this passage referred to as “a huge peak” (ln. 22), and becoming fearful of the future, can be broadened to my own life and the approaching future that I face. I will be going off to college next year and while this idea used to only make me excited and…

Porticities Bristol "The Atlantic crossing", the Middle Passage, also known as the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, is the term used for the trafficking of slaves from Africa to the new world. From 10 to 15 million Africans were kidnapped from the Western and the Southern part of Africa. According to Darlene, William and Stanley, Traders from the Americas, Caribbean, and Europe took part in this trade. Mortality rates were estimated at 15% during the Middle Passage at the sea and a total of two…

UNCLOS). The only major exception to this sovereign power of the state is the right of innocent passage, enshrined in Article 17 of the UNCLOS. Coastal States are entitled to regulate migration activities within their territorial sea and this clearly extends to measures intended to prevent the infringement of immigration laws. The coastal state…

In The Old Man and the Sea, it became clear that the concept of “coming of age” does not really have anything to do with age. For me, coming of age is about you believing that you have reached a certain level of maturity. Everyone’s perception of coming of age is unique to them, so coming of age can be different for different people. Overall, coming of age is about being able to believe that you deserve respect from yourself and others by reaching a certain level of maturity. A person’s ideal…

The article “British Surgeon Describes the Treatment of Slaves during the Middle Passage (Excerpts),” is an article of excerpts from a first-person account book, An Account of The African Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa (1788) by Alexander Falconbridge, thus making it a reliable source for the described time period of transatlantic slave trade. There is no better individual to recount on this information, besides a slave themselves. Falconbridge was a surgeon on the traveling slave ships and…