What is your reaction to Chapter 1?

I think that the first chapter is the start of a very long sad story. Of course, it is going to be a sad story because this is Mr. Boyd's class. His classes almost always have to do with death and many other sad things. He first of all doesn't even know how old he is. Also, he has no clue to who is his father. His mother was taken away from him at an early age, too bad he isn't like animals who when they are taken away from their parents die within the next couple of days. They hardly ever see each other except for sometimes at night when she walks like 12 miles just to see him, on top of two days labour. She died one day never gave him a hint as to who his father was. It was whispered that it was his master. Which at least if he was then he has someone secretly looking out for him. The saddest part is when Aunt Hester is whipped to death after having to strip from the waist up and being called a d--d b---h.