Sarah's body
Of all the images in the play, Sarah's body is the one that Parks draws the most attention to. She describes how white people exoticize Sarah for her body -- a shape that is unusual in England -- and treat her as a freak because of it, bringing her on tours across the world for other white people to ogle her body. Drawing attention to the image of her body forces readers to realize how terribly she is exoticized for her looks.
The show
The show that Sarah is taken on is a vivid image that shows readers how uncomfortable and exploited she is. She is paraded in front of crowds of people who jeer at her, which Parks describes in detail, and she also describes the dark and cramped conditions that Sarah travels in. This vivid image of a terrible show that forces Sarah to be criticized by dozens of people reminds readers of the exploitative nature of human circus shows.
Lack of Consent
Every interaction that Sarah has with men is missing consent. Parks conveys this through a disjointed writing style and tone of unease, where readers sense Sarah's lack of ability to consent and her feelings of discomfort and exploitation. This image reoccurs during all of the scenes between Sarah and men, showing us how in a relationship where there is exploitation and power imbalance, there can never be success.
Colonized Africa
When Sarah is taken away from her home like a piece of property, Parks creates the image of colonized Africa and of the colonizing West taking over territories that aren't theirs. Sarah misses her home and also knows that it's a home that has been destroyed, which means that both the colonized place and the home of the colonizer are not what she truly yearns for. This image of a destroyed country reminds readers of the horrors of colonialism.
