THE COTTON SLAVE

CHARACTER

• Old Man Sam
• Slave
• He was a very tall man with huge hands
• Was able to pick double the average slave
• He was treated horrible and beaten

SETTING

• 1852
• On a farm in Mississippi
• He is working is the cotton field

SITUATION

• He is trying to run away
• He gets caught by a watch party
• A tree is falling

HYPERBOLE

• The tree almost falls on the party
• Sam catches the tree
• He lifts it up with his huge hands
• He saves the party
• He is freed and is never a slave again