— Anonymous In my opinion, for Kant’s “What is Enlightenment?” the quality that make it become a masterpiece, is the historical background. Since in 17th century and in 18th century, French was still a monarchy country, the Roman Catholic Church controlled the thoughts. Under the pressure of the autocracy, people are so desired to be […]
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After I read the book I am shocked
— Anonymous The novel “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” by Harriet Jacobs represent her cruel experienced the evils American slavery. I cannot imagine how cruel slavery can be when I heard from others or seen movies after I read the book I am shocked because the author shows real-life experience in her […]
Whenever she could seize a moment, she put her actuality into written words
— Anonymous At the beginning of the novel “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” the author Harriet Jacobs points out that Northerners have no knowledge of the slavery. Northerners think slavery as a ceaseless bondage with the Southerners. They have no ideas of the word slavery that entails with ceaseless humiliation. Linda Brent […]
She finds that things were not as she thought
— Ginna Lopez After all the obstacles Linda had to go through to get to the north, she finds that things were not as she thought. This is most likely what happens when you emigrate, thinking that you are going to solve your life but then you face another reality which is practically the same […]
She got the freedom, but it was not exactly what she was expecting
— Onima Shah Linda being hurt by Mrs. Hobbs words is an important scene, as she is free but still experiences the effects of slavery in the North, a place that should have been free. She got the freedom, but it was not exactly what she was expecting. Although Ellen was really not a slave […]
