The paradox of slave masters
Slave masters are darl;y satirical characters whose behavior is questionable. The slaves' masters consider black women slaves as monkeys, yet they are sexually attracted to them. The reader realizes that most black women slaves are raped by their masters. Therefore, slave masters know behind their minds that black women are like fellow white women, but they pretend that blackness is evil.
The satire of Clora
Clora is a satirical character because she believes that she can only save her children from being enslaved by killing them using poison. Ironically, after taking the poison, three children survive. Therefore, Clora only now watches how slave masters treat her children from above.
The irony of Fammy
Fammy had nine children, eight of which were from her master. Ironically, Fammy had a sexual relationship out of which Clora was born. The master believes that all the nine children are his and plans to commercialize them. Since Fammy can no longer endure rape and mistreatment from her master, she kills him and commits suicide.
The irony of Clora’s surviving children
Unlike her expectations when alive that her children could suffer at the hands of slave masters like her, the surviving children are lucky to live pleasure and freedom. Peach is married to her slave master, who loves her sincerely, and they relocate to Scotland, where they bring up a happy family. Sun gets a good job promoted, and lives a good life.
