— Kevin Lliguichushca Harriet Jacobs’s, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is such a powerful novel because it comes from her point of view. She had to build up the courage, to express her firsthand experience in order for others to get a deeper message. The author even had to use a pseudonym, […]
Harriet Jacobs
In Harriet Jacobs’ “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” you can see …
— Kevin Pagan In Harriet Jacobs’ “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” you can see that slavery was an evil that affected everyone. The masters would abuse their power and make the lives of slaves miserable. At a young age, kids learn from observation and watching their fathers brutalize slaves most likely corrupted […]
The book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl …
— Anonymous The book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs was written about her life as a slave and the transition to be free. She disguised her name as Linda in the book as she was still scared she would be discovered. Even if she is free we see […]
I think it is very powerful and clever …
— Anonymous I think it is very powerful and clever for Harriet Jacobs to mention to readers that the book is narrative and not fiction. I think this text holds value to the community knowing that it is based on a true story. The story is more heartfelt especially since the book is written by […]
One of the hardest works we read …
— Anonymous One of the hardest works we read in class has to be Incidents in the life of a slave girl written by Harriet Jacobs. In the autobiography Jacobs associates herself as Linda Brent, a slave girl whose only dream is to make it to the north and experience freedom. Jacobs’s work is great […]
