ASTU 100 Lecture 26: ASTU – MARCH 7
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Ti noel: enslaved person, born in the colonies (probably born in haiti, though never explicitly mentioned, cannot read. Macandal: born in guinea; sold into slavery in sierra leone, his eth(cid:374)i(cid:272) group is (cid:858)ma(cid:374)di(cid:374)ka(cid:859) (cid:894)ma(cid:374)di(cid:374)gue(cid:895): k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) for their re(cid:271)ellious (cid:374)atures, apparently. Job is to feed sugar cane into a machine that crushes it to extract the juices. Is revered by ti noel for the stories of his homeland: ti noel looks up to him bc he has authority + has authority on what it means to be. Compare and contrast the representation of working conditions for the enslaved in both texts. It is as if the brothers are controlling a torture device making the slaves go through it. The kingdom of this world: ma(cid:272)a(cid:374)dal is (cid:449)orki(cid:374)g just as hard (cid:449)ith his (cid:862)(cid:271)loodshot e(cid:455)es(cid:863, (cid:862)cor(cid:271)a (cid:449)as (cid:449)orshipped, the (cid:373)(cid:455)sti(cid:272)al represe(cid:374)tatio(cid:374) of the eter(cid:374)al (cid:449)heel(cid:863)
