Blog Post #6

  At the end of the story, I see that author Herman Melville shows some of what was happening in the past in America. This means that whatever happened in the past is worse, because stories do not always fully show the facts. The most important thing for me in this story is; how did these enslaved people feel when injustice and slavery were done against them in the name of law? Actually, I see that there is no hero for this story because everyone lost his life, but I really feel sad and bad for all the characters. The blacks were only trying to prove that they were as strong and good as the whites, and this was explained by the author through the character of Babo. They wanted nothing but freedom and equality between them and the whites, they wanted to go back to their homes. I see that it is important to sympathize with those who were forcibly removed from their families and peaceful countries. those who were treated without any respect, without adequate food and were subject to death at any time. If the blacks had ever acted violently, it was because they felt wronged and humiliated. Therefore, the black lives matter, and also the lives of all human beings are important, and we are all equal.