Summary Of The Book 'Roots' By Alex Haley: Roots
Alex Haley: Roots
Contents Page
Contents 2
1. Introduction 3
2. Alex Haley: Roots 4
3. Dialogue between Kunta and his father 5
4. Kunta’s thoughts 7
5. Summary 8
Omoro said that three groups of people lived in a village. First were those you could see – walking around, eating, sleeping, and working. Second were the ancestors, whom Grandma Yaisa had now joined.
“And the third people – who are they?” asked Kunta.
“The third people,” said Omoro, “are those waiting to be born.”
1. Introduction
My essay deals with Alex Haley’s book ROOTS , which was written in 1976. In this essay I will only write about Kunta Kinte, his life and his family. First I will give a short summary of the story. After that I will describe a dialogue between …show more content…
Kunta is very interested in these men and wants to know everything about them. “He wished, that he could see one of them – from a safe distance, of course.” People in Juffure tell about tribesmen, who disappeared and never came back. At the age of 17, while Kunta is on sentry duty and looking for wood he is ambushed by four slave catchers. Although he fights back, he cannot escape and is brought to a ship. This is the beginning of a horrifying sea voyage. The trip is terrible. The slaves are chained on each other and lie in their excrement in the dark. The situation is horrible. “The urine, vomit, and feces that reeked everywhere around him had spread into a slick paste covering the hard planking of the long shelves on which they lay.”
Once or twice a week, the whites bring them up to the deck in chains in order to clean the hold. Also so slaves managed to talk to each other in different languages they cannot overpower the whites. This attrition rate was typical for slave ships of the time, similar to the situation we saw in the movie
Contents Page
Contents 2
1. Introduction 3
2. Alex Haley: Roots 4
3. Dialogue between Kunta and his father 5
4. Kunta’s thoughts 7
5. Summary 8
Omoro said that three groups of people lived in a village. First were those you could see – walking around, eating, sleeping, and working. Second were the ancestors, whom Grandma Yaisa had now joined.
“And the third people – who are they?” asked Kunta.
“The third people,” said Omoro, “are those waiting to be born.”
1. Introduction
My essay deals with Alex Haley’s book ROOTS , which was written in 1976. In this essay I will only write about Kunta Kinte, his life and his family. First I will give a short summary of the story. After that I will describe a dialogue between …show more content…
Kunta is very interested in these men and wants to know everything about them. “He wished, that he could see one of them – from a safe distance, of course.” People in Juffure tell about tribesmen, who disappeared and never came back. At the age of 17, while Kunta is on sentry duty and looking for wood he is ambushed by four slave catchers. Although he fights back, he cannot escape and is brought to a ship. This is the beginning of a horrifying sea voyage. The trip is terrible. The slaves are chained on each other and lie in their excrement in the dark. The situation is horrible. “The urine, vomit, and feces that reeked everywhere around him had spread into a slick paste covering the hard planking of the long shelves on which they lay.”
Once or twice a week, the whites bring them up to the deck in chains in order to clean the hold. Also so slaves managed to talk to each other in different languages they cannot overpower the whites. This attrition rate was typical for slave ships of the time, similar to the situation we saw in the movie