![]() ![]() Only pages before does the reader learn something may be wrong when she is accused of writing a traveling pass for Noah yet, knowing Master Waller’s judiciousness, the reader might expect her to be badly whipped or a similar punishment. Which literary devices does Haley use to enhance the terror of the scene?Īnswer: Her selling is completely unexpected. The pages in which Kizzy is sold are some of the most horrifying in the book. ![]() Kunta gives up his freedom, but retains an ironclad dignity that impresses all, and continues to connect with his ancestors by transmitting small amounts of cultural heritage to Kizzy. At one time or another Kunta is asked or forced to give up all of these: freedom and dignity on the boat and as a slave, fertility versus freedom when he has the choice between having his penis or foot cut off, and connecting with his ancestors when he learns that speaking his language or showing other signs of his “African-ness” is seen as dangerous and subversive. ![]() He learned all of these while progressing through the social learning of Mandinkas as a child in Juffure. From where did his values come, and how is he able to retain them?Īnswer: Kunta’s values of manhood include freedom, dignity, fertility, and connecting to his ancestors. Describe the moral struggle of manhood that Kunta experienced in his subjugation as a slave. ![]()
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