Analysis Of The Book Slave My True Story By Mende Nazer...

Paper Two: Slave My True Story In Western culture we are born with the right of autonomy. It is believed that this right can never be taken away from us. We are born into this privilege of liberty and are given opportunities to grow and make our own choices without being oppressed or discouraged for them. We are free, or so we think we are. In the book Slave My True Story by Mende Nazer and Damien Lewis (2003), Mende a 12 year old girl, is stripped of her happiness, childhood and most of all, her freedom. Summary: The book begins by giving a detailed description of the main character, Mende. She speaks about her community and her life as an adored and indulgent child of a loving family. Mende was the youngest of five children and the†¦show more content†¦Often getting beaten for â€Å"misbehaving,† Mende trained herself to do as told and cause no attention. She was seen as nothing but a piece of property. She was no longer referred to as Mende but as â€Å"Yebit,† an Arabic word which means â€Å"female unworthy of a name.† After seven years of life in servitude with this wealthy family, Mende was flown out to London to serve her mistress’s sister. Life in London was no different. Cleaning and cooking is all Mende ever did. She eventually grew sick of it, loosing all sense of hope and considered ending her life. Instead, she had decided she would find a way to escape. Once the holidays came up, her new mistress and her family left to Sudan, leaving her to stay with the families friends. This was her chance to escape. Having no knowledge of the English language she approached anyone who had seemed to speak Arabic. After several attempts, she was able to contact a man whom she had found in a garage pumping tires. Mende was able to explain to him how she had been abducted and forced into slavery. He told her he knew another Nuba man living in London and would help her escape. After developing a plan for her escape she follows through and is able to flee away quickly from this dreadful place. As the book comes to an end Mende goes on to describe life as a Refugee living in London. She explains how she was frightened, she did not know how to do things for herself. She was so used to being told what to do that the thought