This is a self-relisation that Aminata comes to, she realizes that her goal to return to Bayo is not what she was really after. But to regain her freedom, with true equality is what she was really after. In Bayo all that she had left was memories, her village had been destroyed. She had no idea what she was returning to. When traveling with the slave captors she overhears them talking about capturing Aminata and returning her to slavery. She could of possibly returned to Bayo if she had continued traveling with them, but that would risk her freedom. Which is what she fought so hard to regain.
Monday, 6 January 2014
Quote 3
"I had now written my name on a public document, and I was a person, with just as much right to life and liberty as the man who claimed to own me." pg. 274
This was the first instance were Aminata was urged to regain her freedom. At this time there was few memories that she remembers of her freedom. She is considered a person, a common theme in the novel is dehumanization. The slave captors would dehumanize the slaves to make them feel that they are not people, and that they had no similarities with them. The slave captors would then have no sympathy for them, and would continue to make them work in such hard conditions.
This was the first instance were Aminata was urged to regain her freedom. At this time there was few memories that she remembers of her freedom. She is considered a person, a common theme in the novel is dehumanization. The slave captors would dehumanize the slaves to make them feel that they are not people, and that they had no similarities with them. The slave captors would then have no sympathy for them, and would continue to make them work in such hard conditions.
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