Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Post #4: And my story waits like a restful beast
And my story waits like a restful beast is the first chapter of book two; Aminata is back in London as an old woman telling her story to the abolitionists. The abolitionists are trying to end the African slave trade and need Aminata's story to do it. Although Aminata wants to end the slave trade, the abolitionists still do not view her as an equal, "The abolitionists may well call me their equal, but their lips do not yet say my name and their ears do not yet hear my story" (Hill 115) Aminata says. Aminata's goal is to get her story known which relates to the title of the chapter, although Aminata does not like the abolitionists she is using the abolitionists for herself and they are using Aminata.
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I agree with your post, especially on the part where the abolitionists needed Aminata's help to win but still they don't see her as an equal. This I believe symbolizes the theme of inequality of the 18th centuries in the novel and also shows that the reality of human beings where you have to work with people that you might not necessarily like.
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