The Longest Memory chapter 8

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Chapter eight page eighty-three to eighty-six of the book " The longest Memory" by Fred D'aguir is all about Cook.

Cook who is the mother of chapel, 2nd wife to Whitechapel, Sanders seniors' once-upon-time concubine and Mr. Whitechapels currant slave cook. (Or at least by this chapters reckoning.)

Cook is at heart, a genuine and warm spirited person who seems only to care about her husband and son. She is obviously a devoted wife and mother who loves those two as much as one can. She has a surprising amount of intelligence for an eighteenth century slave and with that intelligence comes some morale values more highly regarded to our society than that of many of her so-called superiors.

Although she may not seem to play as major a role to the storyline as say Chapel or Whitechapel however she is still important to the story. She brings to it an emotional dimension that seems to be the foundation of Whitechapel and Chapels relationship.

She seems to be the person that, through love and respect for both characters, helps develop the mutual respect between the father and son who are so stubbornly fixed in their opposing values and attitudes towards life and slavery.

Id have to say as an afterthought Co

ok, to me, plays a similar role that really reminds me of Juliet's maid in Romeo and Juliet. In this chapter like the maid Cook decides to not hinder the couple (Chapel and Lydia) with their secret. D'aguiar also makes another reference to Shakespeare in chapter five page sixty, second last verse. Obviously a fan

Instead Chapel takes the classic "reach for the stars" approach to life. He views slavery as the abomination most people see it as today. Thinks that slaves should be allowed to read, as he demonstrates in chapter five, page 60, 3rd verse. He also thinks that the overseers and slavedrivers are only as good as he is, that living without such thoughts are sheer madness. He demonstrates this train of thought by shaking his head as his father's constant ramblings about obedience. Its odd how Chapel doesn't suffer any feelings of inferiority being black.

Overall I think D'Aguiar in his portrayal of cook in terms of sentence construction, punctuation and language used was very successful in his execution. He has managed here to describe a person of low-standing culturally and financially without resorting to slang language or turning the four pages into purple prose.

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Approximate Word count = 1247
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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