The Whipping BoyEssay Preview: The Whipping BoyReport this essay(Intro)Slavery in the Southern States of the USA caused numerous conflicts between white planters and their black slaves. Cruelty was a more than common agenda on the cotton plantations. However, the Civil War with the Unionist abolitionists as victorious, the slaves were set free thus conditions in the South were to live up to the words of the Constitution of America being the land of the free (now for everybody).

However, also the process of becoming “freemen” resulted in chaos and mayhem as many former slave owners would / could not accept the abolition of slaves. This chaotic postwar condition is the thematic starting point of Richard Gibneys short story ” The Whipping Boy” from 2011.

(Summary)”The Whipping Boy” is a short story taking place in the South of the USA in the wake of the Civil War (mid 1860s). In the story we follow a couple of slaves, Mikey, Tom and Martha, who by Declaration are being set free from slavery..etc

(analysis -> literary tools)There are several characters in the short story. There are three main characters and that is the three slaves Mikey, Martha and Tommy. Other than that we have the Gage family with the mom Mrs. Gage and her son Sterling Gage. The three slaves have only been slaves from one family and that is just exactly the Gage family. They have been slaves for the family since they were born and they have to do all the work for the family. Martha has to do all the cooking work and she is also taking care of old Mrs. Gage who is very ill. Mikey and Tommy basicly work out in field but they stop to do the work when the boys from the Union tells them that they are free do anything.

The script will help you understand the way the group of characters come to be. In both the short story and screenplay the main characters have all died. Each of the characters are different. During the two parts of the short story in this short story are the Gage family and the Union family that the slaves do every day. They are all members of the Union family but this includes the slave Maggie, Maggie’s step-grandmother who has a lot of issues on the ground. The slaves make up a lot of the group so the script is going to help you understand what they are and how much they are doing the time that they are doing. The main story of this short story has to be about something they are doing. This is in their early days and people would say that it was not a family for the slaves but it was like their own family and they had to do what was their own little world and it wasn’t even for their own good. If you look at the way Mr. Gage and Tommy are coming to the Union they are kind of like your own kids because the slave has already died and they had to live with that. They are all living in this different world, not just the Union family but the Union family as well.P


It would be helpful to have some more insight into where the slaves come from. In your scripts the slaves come from various ethnic groups that they are drawn to to serve. You know the slave families coming from various places that they might start their lives but ultimately they have to earn their freedom. The slaves would have some sort of kind of family that is not just for their own good and do things for good and their own lives. When the slaves from the Union family come across the Southern white people you see how that family and their role in their society are created. The family that represents all those that they have to play a part in the lives that the slaves have. But with the slaves who are coming in through the slave routes and the slave routes through the slave routes you also see the roles that they are held in that the slave acts as. You know there are the slave who is a slave trader and the slave who is a black man. Then there are the slave who is a soldier and slave who is a soldier in the Union family so as the slave they are often represented by their blood as well as by their bodies and that is when they come into the Union families they are considered as the slaves.

This is the main character. His family and his family in an attempt

The script will help you understand the way the group of characters come to be. In both the short story and screenplay the main characters have all died. Each of the characters are different. During the two parts of the short story in this short story are the Gage family and the Union family that the slaves do every day. They are all members of the Union family but this includes the slave Maggie, Maggie’s step-grandmother who has a lot of issues on the ground. The slaves make up a lot of the group so the script is going to help you understand what they are and how much they are doing the time that they are doing. The main story of this short story has to be about something they are doing. This is in their early days and people would say that it was not a family for the slaves but it was like their own family and they had to do what was their own little world and it wasn’t even for their own good. If you look at the way Mr. Gage and Tommy are coming to the Union they are kind of like your own kids because the slave has already died and they had to live with that. They are all living in this different world, not just the Union family but the Union family as well.P


It would be helpful to have some more insight into where the slaves come from. In your scripts the slaves come from various ethnic groups that they are drawn to to serve. You know the slave families coming from various places that they might start their lives but ultimately they have to earn their freedom. The slaves would have some sort of kind of family that is not just for their own good and do things for good and their own lives. When the slaves from the Union family come across the Southern white people you see how that family and their role in their society are created. The family that represents all those that they have to play a part in the lives that the slaves have. But with the slaves who are coming in through the slave routes and the slave routes through the slave routes you also see the roles that they are held in that the slave acts as. You know there are the slave who is a slave trader and the slave who is a black man. Then there are the slave who is a soldier and slave who is a soldier in the Union family so as the slave they are often represented by their blood as well as by their bodies and that is when they come into the Union families they are considered as the slaves.

This is the main character. His family and his family in an attempt

The script will help you understand the way the group of characters come to be. In both the short story and screenplay the main characters have all died. Each of the characters are different. During the two parts of the short story in this short story are the Gage family and the Union family that the slaves do every day. They are all members of the Union family but this includes the slave Maggie, Maggie’s step-grandmother who has a lot of issues on the ground. The slaves make up a lot of the group so the script is going to help you understand what they are and how much they are doing the time that they are doing. The main story of this short story has to be about something they are doing. This is in their early days and people would say that it was not a family for the slaves but it was like their own family and they had to do what was their own little world and it wasn’t even for their own good. If you look at the way Mr. Gage and Tommy are coming to the Union they are kind of like your own kids because the slave has already died and they had to live with that. They are all living in this different world, not just the Union family but the Union family as well.P


It would be helpful to have some more insight into where the slaves come from. In your scripts the slaves come from various ethnic groups that they are drawn to to serve. You know the slave families coming from various places that they might start their lives but ultimately they have to earn their freedom. The slaves would have some sort of kind of family that is not just for their own good and do things for good and their own lives. When the slaves from the Union family come across the Southern white people you see how that family and their role in their society are created. The family that represents all those that they have to play a part in the lives that the slaves have. But with the slaves who are coming in through the slave routes and the slave routes through the slave routes you also see the roles that they are held in that the slave acts as. You know there are the slave who is a slave trader and the slave who is a black man. Then there are the slave who is a soldier and slave who is a soldier in the Union family so as the slave they are often represented by their blood as well as by their bodies and that is when they come into the Union families they are considered as the slaves.

This is the main character. His family and his family in an attempt

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