and strongly convey the desperation of the slaves and the cruelty of their owners.Р Charles Johnson's Middle Passage approaches slavery from a different,yet no less violent,vantage point. His main character,Rutherfprd Calhoun,is a ne'er-do-well free black American who stows away on a slave ship bound for Africa to collect its "cargo". Put to work after he is discovered,Calhoun witnesses firsthand the appalling conditions in which the captured Africans are transported. When they finally rebel and take over the ship,he finds himself in the middle -- and is forced e to terms with who he is and what his values are.Р【词源解析】Neither Beloved nor Middle Passage is an easy read,but both exemplify African American writers' attempts to bring significant historical situations alive for a modem audience.
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