Personal Response

>The role for women in times of slavery was to be used for work as the usual but also to be used for sex. The slave owners would take advantage of the slave women and have them carry a child and when that child was born and raised up to a point. That child would be sold for as much money as he or she was worth. Which means the women in slavery was like a business to the white men.

Always was strong willed just like her mother, Clara, and had the ability to overlook situations and plan ahead of them in order to be prepared. Everything she did was to benefit herself and her children or family. In this passage Always recognizes that Karma is taking place because of the news that Loretta is having a child by her son, Sephus. Loretta wants to kill the baby but Always lets Loretta suffer through the birth just as Always has suffered her whole life.

J. California Cooper includes this scene/passage as a moral or metaphor. Here Loretta asks her half-black sister, Always, for help when in reality she belittled her. Illustrating one never knows who that person could be that may assist you with your plea for help. In other words treat everyone with respect and “do onto others as you would like them do onto you”.

It affects the overall questioning because only white people were free and all other people of different color were not. Now in this life time everyone is free, or not? Freedom is defined differently by a diverse multitude of people and every person has a differed vision or belief on what being an American is. Most people believe it is being free and happy but why cant it be something else?

This piece of text reveals that everything starts off with little knowledge of things but as time passes people progress to learn more and make life better. Same as America it started small and progressed to be the best country to live in. As well as the people here, Americans, progressed from being unhappy to becoming happy in t his beautiful country.

Euology Redo....

Plum, dear sister oh how I hate to be doing this. Burying you at such an age in which life for you hasn't started. Although maybe it would be for the best I do not want you to live the harsh life of a slave but I also never wanted to lose you like this. Here I stand before your grave to say that I love you and that I hope you'll be much happier when you reach heaven. I swear that I will not let you down Plum I will get out of this miserable life as a slave and I will never forget you my dear sister. I love you Plum.

Character to Character Letter

Dear Sun,
I write to you to inform you that I have been sold to a new master named Doak. Plum wasn't sold though and she tried to come along with me. She ended up hiding under the wagon that carried us. She was dragged for a long time and eventually bled to death. Before finding out the new master raped me and now I am pregnant with his child. Master Doak brought home a wife her name is Sue. Sueis a nice woman I like her you would too. Sun how I wish that I was with you my brother. I miss you and Peach. Please brother you need to get me out of here. Take care now and write back soon.
Sincerely,
Always

Euology for Ms.Fletcher....

Always being fueled with anger and revenge, but yet even though she felt sad for her sister, Plum, Always knew that Plum didn't have to live the painful life of being a slave anymore. Having to bury your own little sister for a cause that did not involve her in a literal way is something no one can bare to have to do. If it was me to bury my own sister in such a way I would bow to always keep her in my heart and I would never forgive those who ended up doing this to her. I would be filled with a vendetta just as Always feels at this moment in time. No one deserves a fate like this and especially to bury their own flesh and blood like Always had to do for Plum.