Within both the novel and the graphic adaptation, Dana bears witness to a clear indicator of how slavery was a powerful institution a clear realization of why slavery was so prevalent. Dana witnesses young children playing a game of slave trade: young children learn their values and beliefs from their parents and from the people that they are surrounded by on a daily basis (Butler 100). In the same fashion, if young children are taught at an early age that their skin color determines their position in society, that will determine the way they act. In a like manner, the graphic novel adaptation enhances why the situation was especially painful to witness because they were young African American children who were recreating the scene (Duffy and