The end of the story By Herman Melville gives a good description of the hero Benito Cereno. He is one of the celebrated heroes due to his great ability to save his life and the lives of some of the Spanish sailors from the hands of the rebelled slaves. The domination of the slaves and diseases put the Spanish people very difficult for them. The author does not believe in the enslavement process’s negative effects and views it as just a normal way of expressing his greater concerns for the Spanish rather than focusing on the bigger issue of slavery. As the novel unfolds, we understand that the goal of the slaves was not to fight with the Spanish but rather to be taken back to Africa. The slaves lacked cooperation and sometimes did not respect their leader Babo. At the end of the story, the slaves and the Spanish were both in a very difficult moment since they did not have the security to protect their lives. As a critic, I had to consider both sides of the coin, and that’s how I decided to with the slaves. The slaves were taken from their peaceful homes by forcefully being taken away from their families and mistreated in America. In the journey to the slaves were greatly exploited by being subjected to hunger and murder since there were considered as properties.

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