Fear

Another theme of my journey is fear. This because in my journey I go through many things... one being fear, it ties together with escaping. At the Riley plantation there is the fear of being whipped. The fear fear of Sims. The scary man is fat and disgusting and whips you to make himself feel better. While escaping the fear of Sims is still there. The slave hunters are always after you. The bloodhounds with their ferocious barks and snarls send fear through anybodies body. Losing Lester and Adam, having to go on by ourselves. The fact that somebody could find you or see you. When you have to trust someone you just met. The fact that they could betray you. Or when Julilly walks right into a village to buy food. They hold a gun to your head, I'm sure you would be scared to. People coming, while your sitting helplessly in a tree. Or when you hide in a mattres as a slave hunter is in the same room. On our journey, fear surrounds us the entire way.

Escape

The theme of this book for Liza is escaping. I am at a cruel plantation, when a new slave girl(Julilly) comes. I find hope when my new friend comes and tells me about Canada. Julilly and I then set out to Canada for an escape. We go on day and day through rough conditions. But there is always the factor that we could get caught. But we have to leave the plantation, to be free and escape the cruel conditions of this plantation. Escaping is leaving everything behind, to runaway and it is exactly what we do. We slip away to go somewhere we only think is real. The slave traders own us, and treat us poorly. Most of the book is about our actions, of us leaving. The tough times we have to go through, and the more simple. Nothing about escaping is easy.