In 47 by Walter Mosley the child soon to be a working slave was living with his guardian, Big Mama Flore. 47 doesn't know who his father is or where he is. His Mother died when she was giving birth to 47. Master Tobias, Plantation owner, gave him to Big Mama and told her that when he was big enough he would work in the field with all the other working slaves. When the time came for 47 to work, Mr. Stewart, Master Tobias overseer, took 47 from Big Mama but 47 put up a fight. Mom shut the door on 47's face which made him very depressed. The next day he was branded and working in the field with the other slaves while his brand was hurting.
In this book, 47 acts scaries in many situations. An example of this is when Mr. Stewart takes 47 to the slave cabin to work," The whole time I kicked and shouted I worried that Mr. Stewart was going to take me out to the killin' shake for being so unruly." P-11 This shows that he was very scared in this situation so he began to shout and kick. Also in this book 47 feels sad and heart broken in a lot of the book," my first moments in the slave quarters might have been frightening if it wasn't for my broken heart over Big Mama slamming the door on me. This shows he is heart broken because he actually says that he his heart broken. In a lot of the book 47 treats others kindly. Fort example," Is that so, forty-seven? Yessuh," I said," this shows that he treats others nicely because he could have told Master that the boy he found was a run away slave. All in all, 47 acts scarred, feels heart broken, and he treats others kindly.
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