The Pox Party 309-353

I feel as if Octavian has gone though several transformations while going through this book.  He seems to go from free, to bonded, back to freedom, and back into a life of bondage throughout the course of the book.  In the last part his bondage becomes less symbolic and more "real" when he is actually locked and chained up in Mr. Gitney's house.  He is also able to understand the idea of freedom through death.  Especially in the case of Hosiah Lister.  There is an interesting comparison that can be made between the plight of the slaves and the plight of the American Colonies.  He refers to "the cost of liberty being so hostile" (Kindle location 3609) in both reference to Hosiah receiving his freedom as well as the American's trying to receive theirs, all the while keeping the African's in bondage.  

Henry Weyand