Daniel Black The Coming Analysis
The history of the slaves and the Middle Passage played a role in shaping the Americas and influencing trade. However, it lead to a negative impact on the survival and lifestyle of the slaves while the people involved in the trade benefited. In the book, “The Coming,’’author Daniel Black utilized a unique narrative style in his writing and supported his claim by presenting ways to explain the traumatic experience Africans slaves faced starting from their homeland and their journey through the Transatlantic Passage to the Americas. Black provided in-depth stories of atrocities committed to slaves during the slave trade and the impact of the slave trade in West Africa and the New World. The title “The Coming’’ played an integral role in describing
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He employed the word “we’’ many times and spoke in the first person perspective and puts the reader in a position in which they align themselves with the slaves. In Black’s perception, he views himself as being one of the slaves in the ship and talking about his experience throughout the whole journey. This is an important element in The Coming because he connected himself and identified with the other slaves. Also, in many African cultures, the community and family values are held in high esteem, and it was an integral part of the survival of many tribes. Moreover, he utilizes effective diction to relate with the African tribes, and the names of people have a significant meaning in their culture. Also, he used striking imagery to invoke the visual aspects of the conditions the slaves faced. For example, in the bottom of the slave ship, the slaves lived in putrid conditions which consisted of feces, body fluids, and pungent odors. Also, the food given to them tasted rotten and tasteless, but they have to consume it to survive. Their faces were filled with sorrow, grief, pain, and blame due to the harsh conditions. The slaves connected with each other by calling their names and humming, but the screams of crying fellow slaves were prevalent. The use of imagery was significant in illustrating the brutal living conditions the slaves experienced to evoke an emotional response from the
He employed the word “we’’ many times and spoke in the first person perspective and puts the reader in a position in which they align themselves with the slaves. In Black’s perception, he views himself as being one of the slaves in the ship and talking about his experience throughout the whole journey. This is an important element in The Coming because he connected himself and identified with the other slaves. Also, in many African cultures, the community and family values are held in high esteem, and it was an integral part of the survival of many tribes. Moreover, he utilizes effective diction to relate with the African tribes, and the names of people have a significant meaning in their culture. Also, he used striking imagery to invoke the visual aspects of the conditions the slaves faced. For example, in the bottom of the slave ship, the slaves lived in putrid conditions which consisted of feces, body fluids, and pungent odors. Also, the food given to them tasted rotten and tasteless, but they have to consume it to survive. Their faces were filled with sorrow, grief, pain, and blame due to the harsh conditions. The slaves connected with each other by calling their names and humming, but the screams of crying fellow slaves were prevalent. The use of imagery was significant in illustrating the brutal living conditions the slaves experienced to evoke an emotional response from the