Chapter one Reaction

My reaction to this story was very sad. Frederick didn't even know the date of his own birthday and I felt bad for him. Also, I felt horrible for Frederick because he wasn't very close to his family. His mom died when he was very young so he never got a chance to really know who she was. Also, his father was like his master to him so he had no respect for him. Frederick experienced a lot of things on the plantation that no child should ever experience. His Aunt Hester came home one night and his master got really mad at her for going out. There argument turned heated when his master started whipping his Aunt. The master told his Aunt to strip all clothes off her back because when he hit her he wanted to hit the skin and get her to bleed. While all of this was going on, Frederick was watching the whole thing and when he saw blood dripping from his Aunt's back he couldn't take anymore. He decided to hide in the closet until everything was done. Frederick ended up scared to death because he thought he would be whipped next.