While this entire section of “The Deep” by Rivers Solomon was interesting, I was especially interested in reading about Yetu’s initial escape in chapter 5, and her relationship to the Wajinru through her pain. What interested me the most about the initial escape from the Wajinru was how the journey she went through after the Remembrance could be an anecdote to the pain and suffering that people have experienced as a result of slavery and the slave trade. Yetu’s body gives out while trying to escape but her will keeps her pushing through. She goes days without eating and has horrible migraines and pain in her limbs. Historically, there have been forms of systemic racism that have been implemented to prevent people of color from achieving what white people have been able to achieve throughout the generations post-slavery. This has been proven true even in recent decades. I believe that her experience was a big focus because it alludes to what people of color have gone through due to the History. I also liked the idea of being a unified group of people because of the history. While Yetu is suffering, she has a “deep, restful sleep. There were no nightmares, Remeberings didn’t haunt her… She wasn’t quite sure who [Yetu] was, but she didn’t mind the unknowing because it came with such calm… (70). I thought this was an interesting sentence because it shows that the history serves to not bring pain, but create a relationship of unity with her people. There was calamity and comfort in her pain, and although she left her tribe, she subconsciously knew they felt the same way. She feels a sense of “freedom” (70) from her pain. I believe that this is one of the main points of the entire novel. History is a painful subject that needs to be embraced in order to have a sense of unity, as horrible as it may be sometimes.