In Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson reveals dehumanization in many forms, but they all end up having the same strong effect on Isabel. In this scene, Curzon is trying to show Isabel how cruel this world can be by using her own scenarios and how people have treated her. “You are a small black girl, Country,” he said bitterly. “You are a slave, not a person” (41). This quote is clearly portraying dehumanization. Curzon is showing her how the whites think that they are the leaders and this is the reality of how enslaved people are treated. In this quote, it was showing how other people dehumanize her. In another moment where she is dehumanized, it shows how Isabel knows that Master Lockton is disregarding her so she can use that to her advantage.