'That was me over the whipping of a boy who had to know better somehow, and would have learned with a good talking to ... ' What do you believe D'Aguiar is trying to say about the way slaves were often disciplined? Fred D'Aguiar's The longest Memory, set during the 18th century explores the harsh consequences that the slaves had to suffer as a result of their disobedience. In the text, Whitechapel, is portrayed as a slave who has a strong belief about the good relationship between the a slave and their master. Whitechapel blames himself for the punishment that Chapel got for his dream to escape the plantation and into a new world with physical and psychological perfection, a "paradise". D'Aguiar displays the strict punishments that were used to exercise the power that white blood held over the African Americans, as well as a path to discipline those who thought about their freedom. The author of the novel uses the quote "That was me over the whipping of a boy wo had to know better somehow," demonstrating Whitechapel's self-inflicted punishment as a cause of asking Mr Whitechapel for help. As Whitechapel is old enough to "know better" about the consequence on the thought of escape, he is the one responsible for educating his son Chapel about the rule for a "good, long life". This demonstrates the discipline that slaves were taught in order to stay away from "death" and the need to stay in the "station". Edited 1: Fred D'Aguiar's The Longest Memory, set during the 18th century explores the harsh consequences that the slaves had to suffer as a result of their disobedience which was a way of keeping inferiors in discipline. In the text, Whitechapel, is portrayed as a slave who believes "a slave can live a good, long life if he worked hard and presented to his master the most dignified aspect of himself," reflecting his views on a good relationship between a master and a slave. Whitechapel blames himself for the punishment that chapel received for his dream to escape the plantation and into a new world, a "paradise", which offers a perfected physical and psychological freedom from all the "responsibilities". D'Aguiar displays the strict punishments that were used by white people over the vulnerable to exercise their power, as well as a path to discipline African American who thought about their "freedom". The text presents African Americans as animals from the views
of those with white blood, which effected the treatment of the enslaved. Whitechapel's self-inflicted punishment is a result of asking Mr Whitechapel for help to avoid "The whipping of a boy who had to know better somehow, and would have learned with a good talking to ... " As Whitechapel is old enough to "know better" about the consequences on the thought of escaping, he is the one responsible for educating his son Chapel about the rules of a "good, long life", as well as the inter-generated discipline taught to slaves by