“The children next door explained that Blue’s partner had been ‘put with him’ (the same expression that people used, I had noticed, when speaking of an ancestor during slavery who had been impregnated by the owner) so that they could mate and she conceive.” (Walker 7). I find this interesting because she compares Blue’s situation to slavery, which is something I have never thought of before. Additionally, it makes me question how right and wrong is determined in our society. Furthermore, the author uses comparison to project the idea that animals should not be held to such low status in our…