Personal Narrative: Rape As A Slave

Written by the great Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon is where the song of African- Americans is sung with the most genuine and sincere voice in utmost entirety. In this essay, the masterpiece will be examined with gender studies approach and cultural studies approach, the function of Pilate and Ruth would be examined in depth, the suggestion that the protagonist should be more loving and caring for others would be fully explained, and the value of this book will be carefully examined.

Slavery is wicked and gory and monstrous and that is well known today but during the time it was well known. In Frederick Douglass’s, Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass tries to persuade everyone to stop the madness and recognize how awful slavery is; to do this he uses comparison and realization leading to the reader being blown away by this one slave’s life story.

While I sat in my room and read this book I found it to quite interesting and when going thought the list this was the first one that caught my eye. I have read many books never have I read an autobiography. I figured since I was in history class this was the perfect opportunity. I was happy with the content in the book. I feel as if this book showed me another side to slavery I didn’t know about, I have always known slavery and what it was about by as a former slave told his side it was something else.

What do you do when you don't have food, a supporting family, or your a slave escaping to freedom? Would you give up or keep going? Salvador didn't give up even though he doesn't have much food and a family like most kids his age do. Harriet was a strong women escaping slavery but yet going back to help more people. Harriet was very strong because not only did she never give up when she was escaping, she never gave up when she was helping others escape. Salvador and Harriet are great examples of characters never giving up. It goes to show how a small act can change a couple of people's worlds or a hundred peoples worlds.

Throughout the years, slaves have encountered seasons of agony as slave owners exhibit inhumane behavior resulting in the manslaughter of numerous slaves. On a treacherous flight towards freedom, slaves like Nat Turner and Harriet Tubman have retreated from brutality, in order to take a stand against

A mammy, as defined by Mirriam-Webster University, is “a black woman serving as a nurse to white children especially formerly in the southern United States.” However, in modern viewpoints, the title of “Mammy” is considered a racial slur.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a story about two workers named George Milton and Lennie Small who are working in a ranch outside of Soledad, California. George takes care Lennie ,who is mentally disabled, throughout their adventure. Throughout the book, there is profound language, racism, and sexism found. These factors make people question if it is appropriate for high school students to read and analyze this book. Even though it includes these factors, Of Mice and Men should not be banned.

Slavery and its long brutalizing history. Deep, bloody gashes to an inch-wide or more whip and scarred. Cold with barley enough clothes to cover them in the winter or year round. Half-fed left to starve. Rape, murder, beaten on a daily basis to death. Few who were able run away and free themselves only to live afraid as fugitive slaves out of fear someone would betray and sell them back to their slave masters. These slaves lived in barbaric ways and times. These two autobiography narratives of former slaves Fredrick Douglas and Harriet Jacobs were a few to escape and lived to tell their about their slaved lives.

Writers like Olaudah Equiano and Frederick Douglass were different from other slaves in the sense that they were educated and used it as a tool to talk about the horrors of slavery. These writers approached their predominantly white readership by narrating their experiences as slaves and how they were negatively impacted by it. For example, Frederick Douglass never knew his mother nor his presumably white father. And because children had to follow the condition of the mother, he was meant to be a slave for life. In his writing, he also described how initially his mistress was teaching him how to read and write, however she stopped after his master told her not to. Suddenly, her attitude towards him learning became even worse than his master’s.

In Slavery Today Kevin Bales and Becky Cornell reveal and focus on the slavery that is still happening today in the world. Surprisingly, the same brutality and total control that slaves have suffered for centuries still remains in parts of the world. Bales and Cornell discuss strategies needed to end slavery once and for all. I will use this selection to bring in examples of todays slavery and how it never really came to a complete end. The theme of slavery still, to this day, remains and the world doesn’t need to remain shy on this brutal topic.

Chris Rock, a multi-millionaire American (black) actor, once stated, "Yeah , I love being famous. It 's almost like being white, y 'know?" Even in today 's world no matter how famous or rich a black man is, there will always be hatred and discrimination towards him because of his race. The Scottsboro Boys (The American Tragedy) and To Kill A Mockingbird both represent the brutality and fears of racism. The types of racism that are portrayed in today 's world, the novel and the video are unnecessary killings due to a corrupt court system, bullying (prejudice and social injustice) of the lower class (blacks) and poverty/unemployment (segregation).

“Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” is a great story to read. I was deeply moved by everything Jacobs went through. Although she was a slave, she always looked out for her children and did the best she could to keep them safe. I

Harriet Jacobs account to slavery was very endearing and informative. Reading this really put me in the shoes of her lifestyle in which I can feel those emotions. Through the lost, struggle, and hardships that Jacobs went through. The characteristics that she showed was bravery, strength, and strong fighter. She

In Fredrick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs narrative they show how the institution of slavery dehumanizes an individual both physically and emotionally. In Jacobs narrative she talks about how women had it worse than men did in slavery. While men suffered, women had it worse due to sexual abuse. The emotional, physical, and sexual abuse was dehumanizing for anyone.

Today has been marvelous today and I am so glad that this Emancipation finally happened. All of my son’s hard work has been payed off and his honor will now be remembered. Since, I can recall my boy, John, would do anything for what he believed in and this was one of them. Which was this country and the abolishment of slavery. His main focus before the war, was helping escaped slaves get their citizenship. Even though this might not work, I hope that it will pull of the states together and for support for the north. I am also glad myself because I have wanted abolish slavery since forever and I value that every state in this country stays together, not as states. As soon as they told my descendant was dead, I was devastated, but in my heart