Sarah And Handful Relationship

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Friendship is not always a two way street In the novel the invention of wings, a young girl named Sarah receives an odd gift for her eleventh birthday. In this novel the main character, Sarah receives a slave for her eleventh birthday even though she is an abolitionist. Having a slave is bad for Sarah because they become very close friends. This causes friction between her and her family. This relationship is good for the slave, named handful, because of the way that Sarah treats her compared to the other slaves. Sarah is handful’s first real friend. In the novel the invention of wings by Sue Monk Kidd Sarah and Handful's relationship is reciprocal, but only Handful benefits from the friendship. Sarah and handfuls relationship has a negative …show more content…

Sarah treats handful better than any slave is supposed to be treated. Sarah is talking to handful and says "when I marry, would you come with me to live? (128)” Sarah and handful have such a good friendship that Sarah wants handful to live with her when she is married. Sarah would never ask another slave to live with her when she is married, but handful and Sarah have built such a strong bond. Sarah and handfuls relationship is so strong that Sarah wants them to be together forever. Sarah and handful are such close friends that their friendship will last forever. Handful said to Sarah “I reckon I’ll miss you, too, (128)” Sarah and handful do not want to leave each other but when the day comes and it has to happen they will miss each other very much. When leaves she will miss some people more then she misses other people. Sarah will miss handful a lot and she will also miss her mother. It is very crazy that the person the rich girl will miss the most is a slave. That just shows how strong their friendship is, because Sarah does not just feel sorry for handful but they have a real friendship. At first their relationship was slave and slave owner but now, they have a real friendship. Sarah wants to free handful because she is an abolitionist but also because they are …show more content…

Sarah had a goal to free handful but she could not so in the letter she also said “I remember it like yesterday. I confess now, that’s why I taught you to read. I told myself reading was a kind of freedom, the only one I could give. I’m sorry handful. I’m sorry I couldn’t keep the vow any better.” Sarah is explaining the reason why she taught handful to read is because she knew that she could not free her. Sarah is apologizing because she wanted to free handful and handful wanted to be freed. Sarah and handful have a very strong friendship and Sarah is a very good first friend for

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