While beginning to read the Novel it already started out with Tituba describing how she was born. Her mother being raped on a ship that was on it’s way to Barbados. When arriving and being sold to Mr. Darnell he found out that Abena was pregnant and gave her to Yao. A part of the story that stood out to me was he asked Abena if the child was the masters she said no but still of a white man. He told her that don’ cry from now on the child is his. Which he is showing compassion for Abena. Another part of the reading that bothered me was the slaves was a sexual symbol for the masters. Abena was hanged for retaliating against that master and injuring his shoulder with the cutlass. The slave owners had the power to do whatever they desired with the slaves and nothing couldn’t get in their way of doing it.