Bondage of "War" in Oroonoko

The third form of bondage that Oroonoko faced in the text was the bondage of war. This form of bondage was a form, like being physically enslaved, was one that was not the free will choice of Oroonoko. Because of his royal status, he was required by his family to engage in war. Orookono was not the type of person who would normally, or formally engage in such a barbaric act. This idea is almost contradictory in the fact that people of royaly are supposed to be the most most civilized of all the people. They are the standard example of excellence in their cultures. However, there is nothing civilized about war. Oroonoko knew that this was wrong and he did not want to engage in the act of war. He wanted love, not war. He was a hippy in some sense. This example can be found on page 2186 in the text. "Her had sacrce arrived at his seventeenth year, when fighting at his side, the general was killed with an arrow in his eye, which the prince Oroonoko very narrowly avoided, nor had he, if the general, who saw the arrow shot, and percieveing it aimed at the prince, had not bowed his head between, on purpose to recieve it in his own body rather than it should touch that of the Prince, and so saved him". I believe that Oroonoko was struggling and had hard times coming to grips with the fact that the arrow that killed the general was intended for him. The general sacrificed his life to save Oroonoko's life. Oroonoko was under alot of pressure because of this. He was bound by the actions taken by the General. This may lead to Oroonoko's love for the general's daughter Imodia. He may subconciously feel that he is now reponsible for taking care of the general's daughter.