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Generational trauma passed down from "summary" of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The weight of the past can be heavy, heavier than any stone or burden carried on the back. It is a weight that is not easily shed, not easily erased. It lingers, like a ghost haunting the living. In each generation, the sins and sufferings of the past are passed down, like a tainted inheritance that cannot be refused. The characters in "Homegoing" bear the scars of their ancestors, wounds that have not healed with time. The trauma of slavery, of colonization, of loss and displacement, runs deep in their blood. It is a legacy that cannot be escaped, a legacy that shapes their lives in ways they may not even realize. The chains of the past bind them, hold them back from true freedom and happiness. They are haunted by the ghosts of their ancestors, by the memories of pain and suffering that have been handed down to them through the generations. It is a burden they must carry, a burden they must confront if they are to ever tru...
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