Anansi is about the slave trade in the Caribbean as seen through the story of a girl being captured and brought onto the ship "Good Ship Hope" along with other slaves. A woman on the ship tells the afraid girl Anansi stories and riddles to help her survive and give her wisdom. Themes include slavery, wisdom, and the relationship between a father and son.
Anansi is about the slave trade in the Caribbean as seen through the story of a girl being captured and brought onto the ship "Good Ship Hope" along with other slaves. A woman on the ship tells the afraid girl Anansi stories and riddles to help her survive and give her wisdom. Themes include slavery, wisdom, and the relationship between a father and son.
Anansi is about the slave trade in the Caribbean as seen through the story of a girl being captured and brought onto the ship "Good Ship Hope" along with other slaves. A woman on the ship tells the afraid girl Anansi stories and riddles to help her survive and give her wisdom. Themes include slavery, wisdom, and the relationship between a father and son.
Anansi is about the slave trade in the Caribbean as seen through the story of a girl being captured and brought onto the ship "Good Ship Hope" along with other slaves. A woman on the ship tells the afraid girl Anansi stories and riddles to help her survive and give her wisdom. Themes include slavery, wisdom, and the relationship between a father and son.
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ANANSI
WHAT IS THE FEAR OF SPIDERS CALLED?
WHO IS ANANSI?
• Anansi is a trickster who finds all sorts of devious ways to defeat his enemies And friends who are much bigger and stronger than he his.
• Anansi represents the idea that Wit and wisdom can triumph over size and might. • Since anansi was always smarter than his adversaries and always found a way to escape difficult situations, These stories served as a means of encouragement and hope to the African slaves. CHARACTERS IN ANASI
• 1) Boy • A) Innocent B) Naïve C) Compassionate
• Boy sees the slaves as people and ask questions that shows his compassion and innocence. This shows that hate and segregation is learnt and not innate. CHARACTER
• Captain • A) Stern B) Strict C)Cruel
• This is seen as he sees the slaves as just cargo and has no problem with the inhumane conditions the slaves are in • His job is also to have Boy replace him as captain one day and so he grows frustrated as Boy is seemingly not as cold as he is. CHARACTER
• Girl • A) Afraid B) Intelligent C) Determined • Initially she is afraid until woman allows her to see that if her mind is free then it doesn’t matter if her body I’d enslaved. • Her intelligence is seen in her questions and in her interest to the Anansi stories. It is also seen in her ability to understand the lessons that woman has taught. CHARACTER IN ANANSI SUMMARY
• Summary of Anansi • Anansi is about Slave Trade in the Caribbean. It is about a Girl being captured for the first time, tied to the Hold of the ship "Good Ship Hope" along with other slaves. She is afraid, but there is a Woman in the dark that tells her anansi stories or riddles to help her survive and give her wit. IRONY
• Why is the "Good Ship Hope" said to be ironic
Is ironic because even though the name of the ship is Good ship hope, it does not bring Hope to the slaves on the ship. It brings suffering, pain and enslavement. THEMES
• Themes in Anansi • Father and Son Relationship Trickery Slavery • Wisdom • Growth TECHNIQUES
• Soliloquy • The act of a Character expressing his or her own thoughts, aloud, while alone. Examples: Boy: "Dear Diary, I am throwing you away. And you are not finished, I'll keep your story in my head"
Boy: "Yesterday we put in to the West African coast for the last time before the long haul to the Indies." TECHNIQUES
• Aside • When the character speaks to the audience as though his speech is unheard by other characters
Example: "I am Anansi, small and quick Some folk are bigger, but usually thick"
When Girl was saying to her mother "I remember the river..." TECHNIQUE
• Contrast • Differences and Similarities between Boy and Captain • They are similar in terms of Gender, genes, race and privilege on the ship (both are free and not tied to the hold like slaves) and they are different in terms of one being innocent and is not aware of what the cargo is and does not have any hierarchy on the ship whilst the "Captain" knows everything about the ship, is the leader and very strict. TECHNIQUE
• Contrast
• Differences between Girl and Woman
• They are similar because they speak the same language, both are female slaves. They are different because they do not come from the same village, one is more matured, has wisdom and also is aware of Slave Trade whilst the "Girl" is moving away from her village for the first, does not have much wisdom due to Child Innocence and is not aware of the Slave Trade or how does it work.
