Thanks to Morrison's writing style, authentic black language is captured allowing readers to be able to see and hear what the characters are doing. An example of narration that captures what the characters are doing is: “Mr. was allowed to be and remain what he was. But I wasn't allowed to be and remain who I was. Even if you cooked it, you would be cooking a rooster called Mister. But I could never be Paul D again, dead or alive. The teacher changed me. I was something else and that something was less than a chicken sitting in the sun in a tub” (72). The narrative and illustration Morrison uses gives voice to African American culture and provides readers with the perspective of what it was like to be a slave. This style also includes the use of metaphors and the use of descriptions to bring images to life because the African language is full of metaphors and images, sights and sounds. The use of metaphors brought the dialogue to life, for example: “I only saw her a few times in the fields and once when she was working with indigo. When I woke up in the morning, she was in line. If the moon was bright, they worked by its light. On Sunday he slept like a stick" (60). This quote focuses more on the metaphors and fictional side of the novel, but it allows readers to understand what these slaves were going through and what it was like to be one. Morrison reflects the African-American culture that allows you to transform the challenges faced into an epic journey