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Kindred Writing ActivityThe fire, page 36 I could literally smell his sweat, hear every chivvy breath, every cry, every cut of the whip. I could see his body jerking, convulsing, straining against the rope as his screaming went on and on. My stomach heaved, and I had to force myself to deterrent where I was and keep softened.Why didnt they degreeIn the middle of the night, four white men storm into a cabin in the woods time four others wait outside. The cabin belongs to Alice and her mom. The four men pull out Alices father along with her mom, both are naked. Alice manages to scramble away. The men interrogate Alices father about a pass, which allows him to visit his wife. Her father tries to explain the men about the loss of the pass but the men do non pay any attention to him. Instead they tie him to a tree and one of the white man starts to whip him for visiting his wife without the permission of tom turkey Weylin, the leter of Alices father. Tom Weylin forbid him to see his wife, he ordered him to choose a new wife at the plantation, so he could own their children. Since Alices mother is a free woman, her babies would be free as well and would be save from slavery. But her freedom status does not stop one of the patroller to punch her in the face and cause her to collapse to the ground. Meanwhile, you can hear the noise of the whip clutching against the back of Alices father. He forces himself to stay quiet under this unbelievable pain and humiliation in front of his family. His face shows the pain and he is sweating but still no sound, until he breaks guttle and starts to beg for forgiveness. After a while, the white man who happens to be a patroller stops whipping him and with the help of the other patrollers he unties him from the tree and turns him around and ties his turn over in front of him.