Celia A Slave
The author, Melton Alonza McLaurin, wrote Celia, A Slave with the purpose to inform the audience of the treatment of slaves and how little rights they had. The story emphasizes Celia, the main character, who was sexually abused by Mr. Newsom, her master. She ended up mothering two of his children and one more child that is questionably his or another slave’s child. After 5 years of this behavior, she threatens him to stop. After the warning she accidentally murders him, with the intention only to hurt him. During the trial to determine Celia’s fate, the jury has to choose between the moral rights of Celia and the rights that are given to her based off her title as a slave. The conclusion is sentenced to execution, but is removed before the
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Throughout the novel this thesis is a reoccurring theme and can be related to any aspect of the novel. The author does a good job of making sure that the book didn’t get too of topic and there was a constant theme. Because the book is based off a real story the author made sure that the resources that he used for the writing of the novel were accurate. As for the structure of the book, since the book is more of a retelling of a historical event, the author does a good job of creating little to no biased in his writing. While reading the book, the book is read more like a textbook rather than a story. About half the novel was about the tales of Celia while the rest of the novel was about the outside influences that had an impact on Celia’s trial and environment. Also while reading, the wording of the novel is rather bland. There isn’t any vary in word choice, so after reading the book for a while the text starts to get boring and jumbled because there are too many facts and names that are hard to keep track of. Which leads to the audience of this novel obviously being for history buffs and people interested in history and the history of slavery. This book was not the most interesting book the genre, but it has some points that valuable and interesting and a historical event that is worth knowing
Throughout the novel this thesis is a reoccurring theme and can be related to any aspect of the novel. The author does a good job of making sure that the book didn’t get too of topic and there was a constant theme. Because the book is based off a real story the author made sure that the resources that he used for the writing of the novel were accurate. As for the structure of the book, since the book is more of a retelling of a historical event, the author does a good job of creating little to no biased in his writing. While reading the book, the book is read more like a textbook rather than a story. About half the novel was about the tales of Celia while the rest of the novel was about the outside influences that had an impact on Celia’s trial and environment. Also while reading, the wording of the novel is rather bland. There isn’t any vary in word choice, so after reading the book for a while the text starts to get boring and jumbled because there are too many facts and names that are hard to keep track of. Which leads to the audience of this novel obviously being for history buffs and people interested in history and the history of slavery. This book was not the most interesting book the genre, but it has some points that valuable and interesting and a historical event that is worth knowing