Raul Moreno Jr
English 100
Cerritos College
Post: 13

Going to Meet the Man

Man, what a provoking text! I really wish we could have talked more about this in class, and I would have loved to really get into the psychology part discussing Freud and the oedipus complex. The first extravangant event of the brutal killing of the runaway slave brought about the convergence of racism, rancorous violence, and Jesse's sexuality. He became aroused at the mention of old slaves who he had raped and in other acts of violence against other colored people. All of this is hinted by the language used when describing the way he looked at his mother, and even the describing of the slave's body as both the most beautiful and terrifying things he'd ever seen. Man, there was just so much to talk about with this and the subject of emasculation, but I know it might be a little graphic to really get deep in discussion during class.