I Admire...

Good times fade away, and bad times never last forever. There is a believe that nothing lasts forever. For better or for worse, the good times come and go, and the bad times never last forever. However there are still many of us that wishes happiness through all aspects of life. Sometimes there are people that bless your life and make curved aisles straight. The ones that are there to put a smile on your face, as well wipe your tears when they cause them are the ones that should have your heart. You become everything you are just having them love you. My brother Adin is my begginning and my end through out everything life has offered, through the good and the bad times. Adin is not my brother by blood, but he is closer to my heart than I am to my own self. Though stubborn and pretend never to listen, the most admiring words said by him was i can do anything i put my mind to if i stop telling myself "I cant". With the good and bad times life restlessly throws, its safe to say that there are many times ahead that I will fall, but i know he will be there to catch me always. I'll always be everything that I am, simply because he loves me.

Their eyes were watching God: Blog entry

“Janie was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her. She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight. So this was a marriage! She had been summoned to behold a revelation. Then Janie felt a pain remorseless sweet that left her limp and languid” (Zora Neale Hurston).

The battle disputing who is stronger and who is suppose to assume a submissive role for countless ages have been battled and for countless ages continues to be fought as no solid answer has been provided. Whoever reins superior and who assumes a bigger role lies completely within every individual mind set and their form of perspectives. However, when you put aside this battle of who is the paramount and who is not, you can come to the conclusion that there are some roles that men are meant to assume based on nature’s course, and then there are some roles women are naturally suppose to assume based on nature’s gift bestowed upon there. No matter the argument, there is no way around this concept. However, the primary focus is ranges with the ideal that women’s course with nature show more evidently and obviously than that of the male. For example, when it comes to child bearing, men have no will to say no but to establish credibility for women that only their natural God given nature of child bearing is in their hands. In Zora’s Neale’s Hurston’s selection, “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, the authors also accompanies this notion by exemplifying one of her main characters Jamie, to accomplish the tone and illustration that there are some roles that just rapture around women more beautifully than they do so for men.

There are some things that when trying to describe, no amount of words than compare. Sometimes, creating a vivid image is the best way to get a message across, and Hurston does so in creating the nature surrounding women, through her use of imagery. Women are must definitely not born nor created. They develop from infancy and as nature takes its course, they decide what it is they want to be before blooming into a woman. Not every female can be considered to be women, but all female’s go through the same process and ability to process as such. “She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom” (Hurston). Developing as a young woman, changes begin to occur within Janie, as she searches for what love truly is. Rather than bluntly coming out and saying it, the author uses the aid of imagery. The scene in which this concept is idealized sets place in an environment where nature naturally has a place. As Janie lies down, she notices a bee, come to rest on a flower. This imagery pronounces an example of love and how Janie herself visualizes it to be. This imagery of the bee and the flower also sets a course of enlightenment and oneness. A life for a bee without flowers proves impossible, just like the flowers also need the bee. Together the two take a course in nature that is expected. This kind of nature love exists between a man and a woman when it comes to marriage and love. When a male and a female decide to join in matrimony, the two then become one, and together paint a perfect picture. As the bee nectar’s the flower, the flower produces a powerful and beautiful scent. Just like when a marriage prevails a accordingly, those who watch it can tell that indeed love exists between the man and the woman. This imagery that the author sets is very powerful as the audience can see; it sets as the cover of Hurston’s novel.

Nature does not heed to the warning neither to the demands of any man. It simply just takes it course and does as it pleases. Though, it is true that men and women have the capability to take on the tasks that the other can do, there are just some roles that men cannot take, nor can women assume for men if it is not permissible by nature. By the end of everything, nature determines who it is does what in existence.

Persuasive

For children in third world countries, they are often told of the beautiful heaven which was America. I exist as one of those children. The land was described to be equivalent to heaven on earth and at some point a place better than the land overflowing with milk and honey. And yet, for the largest time, I believed in this promise land. What made it all so very exceptional was the vivid description given by the adults of a money tree. It was often said that this tree just shed down the money like leaves fall to the earth during autumn. Best part was that this money tree always produced and never ceased and not once did they ever run out. This so called money tree turned out to be a very a rude awakening when I landed in America myself and discovered that there was no such thing as having everything in life for free. From the food you buy in the store to the air that you breathe, free money is definitely not part of the American language. The American dream has often been expressed to be exhilarating for those who can think about but never truly touch it with their hands. In Lewis Lapham’s selection, the author implies that the American faith is placed in money. His assumption proves accurate for here in the United States, money is the living source of this nation, and it is valued more than any scarce resource. For many, this reasoning is false to them as they believe in something better than money and have wrapped their minds around the concept that it is not their deliverer. However, for those who have experienced and believe in the rough life, speaking a language aside from money loses their attention. With attention gone, then an individual can lose most Americans.

Faith has been expressed as what a person believes, and believes is the strongest attainment of any living thing. The ability to believe in something is what causes life to exist, thus, for those who believe in money as everything, taking it away from them also cuts of their life supply. Faith develops when life is placed into a particular belief, and through the author’s text, readers can realize that money has taken bigger hold on individuals than it use to in the past. “Against the faith in money, other men in other times and places have risen up countervailing faith in family, honor, religion, intellect, and social class.” Fact is that not everyone has fallen to the will of money. There are those who value other things than the taint that accompanies with money. Other men and other times survived their day and time without placing all their hopes and dreams with the aid of money. Their ability to do so prove that it is very possible so succeed in life without following what everyone believes is a living source. Evolving time is what seems to make money more significant than it needs to be. And the fact the spread of money causes so many to believe that it’s a living resource proves that minds are very powerful. In reality, money has no life; it is just as dead and lifeless than any other object in life that has no power. Its humans that bring money to life. It’s the thought that they place on it that causes money to feel like it is everything.

There were times where money had no value or significance. One must remember that in the past, things were bought, sold, used and received without the use of any note. The fact that it has gained so much territory is evident that the faith individuals express, must be placed and put into the right things. Otherwise, it becomes highly valued and the American dream (if it exists) will no longer flow with milk and honey, but rather on false practiced believe.

Triffle's Response

The little things that are expressed or not expressed are sometimes the key vital aspects that shape an individual and who they are. Sometimes, it is the things that are not spoken that reflects and impact the most. Little things can never be disregarded as useless. What proves to be nothing to one individual means everything to another. In Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles”, the author exemplifies that the little things are what mean the most and leads to determine who a person truly is. The plot of her play illustrates a woman put on trial for supposedly killing her husband. As the characters search for evidence around the house which will to lead to the motive murder, readers are given the impression by the author that sometimes it is the little things that are ignored and neglected that leads to the mysteries and truth about a person’s feelings when it comes to certain actions and events.

In her selection, “Trifles”, the author sets in the places, events, elements, and props, based on the mood of the scenes being acted out. Each characters behavior and movements attributes to the message the author is attempting to portray. In her story line, as the men go upstairs to search for evidence, the author changes tone where readers get a glimpse of the women’s thoughts about the occurrence of events. “Starts to speak, glances up, where footsteps are head on the room above in a low voice” (Glaspell). As Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, wait for their husbands, they begin to talk among themselves about the unfortunate event that has taken place. Though the women are down stairs, the author’s use of stage directions gives a glimpse into the role of women and place of women during the time period this selection was set for. The men are upstairs about their business, and though downstairs, the women still have to whisper. The way the author sets this scene ultimately places women in an inferior role. Their intelligence and input is not valued which exemplifies why the men are able to be upstairs. Readers must also take close not of this scene because the men brought the women along with them. During the course of investigation, it seems rather irrelevant to bring the women to the crime scene and just leave them downstairs. Readers must take not why the author chose to include them in this scene. It is not directly voiced, but women really are under dominant rules which are the men. Also, the fact that these women are whispering proves highly that the intelligence of a woman is considered an insult compared to thus of a man’s. Mrs. Hale, and Mrs. Peters are both use low voice, and the author stages them in the lower part of the house. This scenario should say something to readers about the roles of women and what is expected of them. “She puts her hand on the dish towel which lies on the table, stands looking at the table, one half of which is clean, the other half messy, makes a move to finish work, then turns and looks at loaf of bread outside the breadbox. Drops towel. In that voice of coming back to familiar things” (Glaspell). Glaspell’s use of actions and visual elements play a key role in understanding this scene very well. One significant aspect of this scene is the stage which is a kitchen. With ideals and perspective of some individuals that a kitchen is the place for women and that is the exact place that we find our characters Mrs. Hale, and Mrs. Peters. Also, as these women are in the kitchen, their actions become easily noticeable for readers. Mrs. Hale begins to clean the kitchen, put things in place and tidy it up a bit though it is not her house. It is so intensely placed in these women where their place is that even when they don’t have to, they are still playing the part that was instilled in them. A dirty kitchen suggests that a woman is not assuming her domestic duties, and that definitely make for a good woman. Another illustration, the author makes evident is Mrs. Hale’s sudden drop of the towel when she heard the voices of the men upstairs. Throughout this selection, whenever the men make a movement, there is a different tone and behavior within the women. Nothing paints the perfect picture that indeed, these women have to know and assume their place based on the authors use of visual elements and actions.

The Great Gatsby Response

Society’s labels often in time confuse an individual’s judgment. Conflict arises between what an individual truly wants and desires for themselves, compared to what society expects from them and pronounces on them o be right and fitting. There are those who this mentality eventually shapes their moral values and believes, and those who work against it to achieve their own independence. Society can only impose its believes, customs, and traditions, however, it relies on an individual if they want to accept and embrace it as a part of their daily living.
“I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” (Fitzgerald). Though not serving as a central theme in his selection, the author makes an indirect notion to the views and ideals that woman are subjected to and subject to themselves. It also serves as a demonstration of Daisy’s viewpoint and her character. Based on past and generations of deeply rooted culture, is though as if, females understand their roles before they are even born. Daisy though intelligent if she chooses to be, already places herself in an inferior role before even trying to rise above it. She lounges lazily around the house and views her life to be nothing but boring. This exemplifies the world of women, as when you take a good look into their lives they are rendered as useless. Daisy refers to her hope of her daughter being a beautiful fool. She gives the notion that should a woman be considered beautiful, then it is all she needs to survive in the world of true womanhood. Beauty is the first key to recognition, and daisy made that clear in her statement. Whether a fool or not, her daughter’s beauty will be able to grant her into the same position her mother has. Whether or not Daisy truly believes that she wants her daughter to be a beautiful fool, the fact remains that when she does enter in the matrimony of marriage, her daughter’s intelligence will be looked down on as inferior thus compared to the male dominant figure that she will marry. Daisy lounging on the couch doing zilch shows her submissive to her husband. If her husband requires otherwise, then will her action and gestures shift. Older women such as Daisy does not value women intelligence, as it was not the way societies environment thought her to grow and understand female roles and concepts. Her attitude perhaps gives a glimpse to ways to resurrect her husband’s happiness. This conniving mentality of Daisy, will surely and indeed affect her daughter in the future. Necessity to break free from the cult of true womanhood, and its ideals about being pious, domestic, and submissive, was one of the key factors that led to the bloom and evolution of the 1920’s, especially when woman decided not to be just any woman, but a new woman, who could think for themselves and express their own independence. “That's my Middle West . . . the street lamps and sleigh bells in the frosty dark. . . . I see now that this has been a story of the West, after all—Tom and Gatsby, Daisy and Jordan and I, were all Westerners, and perhaps we possessed some deficiency in common which made us subtly unadoptable to Eastern life.” (Fitzgerald). Survival of the fittest is not strongly rooted in the author’s words, however, the power of wealth and possession paints an the perfect illustration. In his selection the author describes society to entail two groups, which are presented from the West and the East. The east perhaps signifies clues of change that will be occurring within future generation, as it exemplifies, a more fast-pace life style where more values are being lost, and wealth becomes the God of the people as they believe that the more wealth a person has, the more happiness will be claimed as their territory. The West however, seem to already claim this wealth with their aristocratic live styles and desires, and view themselves with the highest values and attitude of others that rank below in society. It even causes them to belittle among each other, as every individual strives in their own selfish way to gain more than their neighbor. However, readers come to the understanding that the author or rather protagonist of the story is much more interested in studying and analyzing the ways of those belonging to the west. This attitude of his proves as no surprise, after all, who wouldn’t want to be on the side that flourishes with everything an entity can dream and wish for.

Bernice Bobs Her Head Response

The willingness for curiosity and change is not all so encouraged with warm hands. Ignorance in a sense can be a sin, and understanding that a bridge needs to be made from the past to the present, shapes a better future for all to come. In Bernice Bobs her Hair by F. Scott Fitzgerald, reader step into a stream of bewilderment that change can be possible even in a time period where culture is heavily and deeply rooted. Readers are introduced to the protagonist of the story who takes them in this humanity of bewilderment, and it is safe to say that this cause of bewilderment does not feel strange nor it is negative. The protagonist opens a new way for beings, especially women, to view themselves in a more potential manner rather than the bondage of culture and traditions expected by them from society.

Those who manage to step over the boundary line and make a leap by jumping over the border are the ones that above everything in the end deserve recognition and have made a significant monument at the end of their existence. It is true based on the author’s text that Majorie “made” Bernice become the new woman that she now was. However, the fact is that the change was not with Majorie, but rather with Bernice. Bernice primary lifestyle exists with the ideals and culture of cult of true womanhood. Having known what this role entails and what it means for a woman to belong in this society, Bernice willingly sat still as the barber took the scissors to her hair. Her willingness is what demonstrates that she was the stronger woman who made a change by going over that border and boundary line of what society labels is expected of women during this time period. Leaping from the ideal of pious, domestic, and submissive, to a metamorphosis of a new woman is a landmark that will not be remembered as Majorie’s achievement and transformation, but rather Bernice’s. “I’ve bobbed it Aunt Josephine.” At some point before Bernice bobbed her hair, she knew it was not going to be easily accepted by her family none the less society. Readers must take not that when the protagonist when to cut her hair, she went to a male barber to bob her hair. Bernice could have guessed the thoughts of the barber and those in the shop for society are bound to ridicule and question actions that they do not understand. For a woman of this time, hair is the symbolism of their beauty and honor. It is what attracts males to them. Their hair in a sense is also their identity for recognition. Bernice’s valor to cut her hair, can be said was more so of a gamble to see whether or not society was brave enough to accept change, or rather feel threaten by those who believe there is a need for change. The protagonist’s bobbed hair also serves as a gamble to test whether other women are willing to make a change in the way they view themselves and allow their souls a chance to be free and make decisions without hindrance.

Martin Luther King Analysis

II. Rhetorical Structure: Figures of Speech

1. alliteration: use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verseallusion: An instance of indirect referencemetaphor: a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblancesimile: A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as

2. “Five score years ago” is an allusion to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation freeing negroes from the hands of their slave owner, yet 100 years later the African American community is not truly free and still suffer from injustice.

3. Life, liberty and pursuit for happiness allude to the declaration of independence. Jews and Gentiles allude to the bible.

4. Alliteration- Sweltering shadow, Sweltering summer

5. Metaphor- “Let us not satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

6. Simile- “Until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

7a. Metaphor with the enhancement of imagery

7b. It gives a divine opportunity to bring the audience and the speaker to a level of understanding of racism. It also serves a purpose in reaching the subconscious mind and brings to life the abstractness of segregation an discrimination.

7c. Despite all the battle fought, and all the lives lot for this pursuit of freedom for African Americans, justice still remains in the shadow of their existence. 100 years later and the fight for equal rights is being fought as though for the first time.

8. Let freedom ring, With this faith

9. It brings to life the vision of his dream. The level to how passionate and repeated it is through his text also signifies his desire of pursuit that indeed this dream will come true.

10. Illustrations of a future dream and believe painted through Dr. King’s speech enhances his believe of a better and brighter day. Of all his creative images of a new day, description of demonstrating little black boys and black girls walking hand in hand stands out as the most righteous. 100 years before, that was the dream of the Negroes who thought were free from the bondage of captivity. 100 years after, the negroes still find themselves in the same predicament. Knowing this should be a discouragement, however, King still preaches this notion of a new beginning for future generation. Though children of different race didn’t walk in hand in the past, and are not in the present, he still prophesies for the future.

III. Understanding the Dream

1. Nothing is impossible for those who are willing to behold. Life doesn’t offer all its pleasant ideals and opportunities in a handful and allows all inhabitants to take part in. However, it gives to all those who are willing to make the step and strive to take the blessing and fruitfulness in that handful of opportunities and ideas. Though all created under the same sun and moon, judgment lays in the eyes of the beholder, and from these beholders result those they consider outcasts. However, the outcast can always rise and take the lead in anything they put their minds to. In the battle of race, discrimination, and suffering injustice, dreaming a brighter day is the remedy for all those in captivity. Dwelling in the past and hatred resurrects pain, but willingness of a change makes everything anew.

2. Police brutality, and beatings, as well as persecution

3. The American dream exemplifies what many have come to believe accompanies happiness. It’s evaded with so much glory that it lacks to speak of its downfalls. Though many escape to pursue this dream however, it fails to mention that with this dream comes pain accompanying and tears.

4. In every corner of the U.S lies states that are also victims of injustice. By naming all these states, it gives readers a brighter sense to see the vast population and people suffering from discrimination.

5. A cry for help is eventually heard when it reaches the ears of the people. King’s speech was a vast cry for his people, thus anyone in the crowd would have been easily affected. The fact that it was a cry for the audience, makes it all so attentive to the ears of the listeners.

IV. Relating to the dream

1. A hindrance and enslavement that keeps the mind in an embodiment that it cannot raise from captivity.

2a. Hatred doesn’t fail to infect every part of the body. Once it touches the mind, it fails no other mental state of its victim. King said in his speech that his people should not drink from the cup of hatred. His words serve as evidence from the action of the ku Klux clan. Whether their actions were wrong or just, it was dominated by hatred, thus ruling their hearts and causing them to do the things that they did.

2b. Hatred mixed with more hatred blooms an endless filled of destruction. It devastates. Responding with violence meant the loss of lives and the loss of lives meant that by the time the African American community had reached their aim of freedom, there will be none of them alive to enjoy it.

3. Ignorance is a sin, and one thing future generation lack to demonstrate is their sense of ignorance. Future generations are aware of what persecution and destruction brings upon the land and its people. They are quite aware of the nature of allowing oneself to fall in the hands of hatred and deceit. Thus, groups such as the “skin heads” have no power.

4. King’s dream has bloomed to what is viewed beautiful in the eyes of the African American community. There is a saying in the bible that even in the grave Jesus was still God as he was able to resurrect on the third day as he said he would. Even in the grave, King’s dream continues to live in the life of future generations. You don’t have to see works of action, its even noticeable in the eye of those who share the same believe as King. The death of an individual is no necessary the death of his dream. As long as that dream is instilled in those who will move on and believe with the same fire and believe as the original dreamer, Nothing is ever lost, but will continually be gained.

Sentences Analysis

My analysis (slave Response) http://mary-magdalene xiahangel.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html

Total Number of words:742
Total number of sentences:31
Longest sentence: 28
Shortest sentences:3
Average sentence length: 16
Number of sentence with more than 10 words : 24
Percentage : 80%
Average paragraph: 5
Longest paragraph: 1
Shortest paragraph:1
Number of paragraphs:16

Professional Analysis http://select.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/opinion/22kristof.html

Total Number of words: 739
Total number of sentences: 43
Longest sentence: 14
Shortest sentence: 1
Average sentence length: 17
Sentences with more than 10 words: 42
Percentage: 97%
Average paragraph: 11
Longest paragraph: 4
Shortest paragraph: 7

Souls of Black Folk Ch.3 Response

Leaders arise to stand up for the foundations they have come to believe are just. They fight for causes when an ideal or a problem in the outside world threatens what they believe. From leaders arise followers, and these followers come as a sign that they truly believe something to be wrong with the world concerning a problem. Thus, since both leader and followers become one, their intent is to protect those who agree with them and those who view them to be saviors of their lives. However, though deeply rooted together in what they believe, there are times when conflicts come about when leaders and follows cannot agree on a way to solve a problem. In W.E.B Du Bois’ selection, “Souls of a Black Folk, readers are introduced to a similar concept where leaders and followers do not see eye to eye. Du Bois makes an argument against Booker T. Washington, where the two leaders clash in their stand for their race. Reader’s are presented with one leader who believes that vocational duties is the only way to earn recognition in the Caucasian society and there is another leader who says to his race, it is time to declare of voice of their own. This divergence actually conflicts with the African American community where followers have to side with either Du Bois or Washington.

One mistake that the audience has to be careful about not to make is that these two characters are not fighting among themselves. Respect is actually one sentiment that is shared between both of these men. Respect comes with the fact that both have noticed a problem in society and are willing to change it no matter the cost. No matter the perspective views upon, there is no doubt that both leaders want to see their fellow brothers resurrect from the hole they have been placed. It is evident that they want the African American community to live a prospering, respecting, and healthy life just like the Caucasians. The need to see your community rise is not a sin, but how will they rise and in what fashion they will rise is the question.

“In all things purely social we can be as separate as the five fingers, and yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress”. Fingers cannot work on their own free will. Without the hand, the fingers that are placed on them might as well be categorized as useless. The hand represents a nation, and this nation that is presented based on Du Bois description is one that is ready to fall. Without the finger’s, there will be no hand and without the hand, the fingers will not exist. The use of the author’s metaphor is to establish the idea that both the white community and the black community have to work together as fellow brothers. Not just those two communities, but in every situation where a nation is present, every member of that nation has to come equally together as one and stand equally as one. Should Caucasians choose to exclude blacks, it is the same as excluding your fingers from your hand. Everything falls apart when discrimination is set in to make blacks a minority and placed under a lesser viewed rank as well as a submissive role. One thing the audience must also realize is that no two fingers are the same nor do they resemble each other. A thumb and a pinky figure can never look alike no matter what an individual tries to do; the two can never be even. A nation is made of different ethnicities and background is the point Du Bois tries to make. Another clever devise that the author uses, is to remind the white community of their own words. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Including this piece in the text is a rather clever technique. Unless the white race wants to call themselves hypocrites, they did in fact include these words in their constitution. The author includes this text to make a statement to the white society that what they have written has yet to be put into practice.

It is not very often that those who can lead to take others to a better place arise. Most of the time, those who attempt to make a difference fall and they themselves need help to get back up. However, there are those like W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T. Washington that manage to make it to the top though society has placed them at the bottom. Though they may both disagree on how to rise up, there is no doubt that once they rise, they will carry their people with them.

The Souls of Black Folk Response

By no means in society has oppression ever stood as acceptable. For those who dominate, they see themselves as gods of the new world and seek nothing more than to do what is right and just. However, no where can it be found that these oppressors do not seek what is best and justified for those of their own kind. Any means of hindrance and exclusion of those who subjugate others reflects cowardliness as they fear what those outside of their world have come to take what is theirs. Realizing this, sometimes it is best to keep to keep the community of oppressed ignorant. What they do not know cannot be a threat to their master’s and those who reign as dominant figures over their lives. The oppressed always stands with limited options towards their liberation. Despite this small ideal of breaking free from bondage, the fact is that hope still stands. In a scenario presented patience can be exercised and coming out to say enough is enough is also a preference. This speculation can be proven true when it comes to the days where African Americans were submissive to those of a superior race.

In W.E.B Du Bois’ selection, “Soul’s of a Black Folk”, the author makes it clear when he states to his audience that enough is enough when it comes to being submissive to the Caucasian community. His tone demonstrates impatience towards waiting for change to come to African Americans. He prefers his fellow brothers set out and claim what is already theirs. Readers can identify themselves with this established tone based on the author’s lack of detail throughout his selection. Du Bois goes straight to his points without sugar coating anything; not for his black or white audience. On the other hand, figures such as Booker T. Washington believe that humility is the only key to gain a voice among the white race. His ideal subdues African Americans to vocational duties and encourages them to continue their hard work, for one day it will be recognized. However, there are times when humility is no longer enough. The time comes when the choice to remain silent can determine the balance between repression and deliverance. Du Bois stands as a character who believes in this concept. Booker T. Washington continues to encourage patience, but he stated himself that more than thirty years have passed and though progress is taking place, it is only slight and has only occurred in the northern region. Past generations are gone, and yet the future generation continues to dwell in the poisonous mind set of racism. Du Bois conflicts with Washington in the perspective that patience is no longer a remedy for change. The past generation of Caucasians that have passed, passed on their beliefs, traditions and concepts onto their children. Du. Bois is not concerned with patience and humility which has already been rooted in white children. “Then it dawned upon me with certain suddenness that I was different from the others. A white child was one who refused Du Bois’ card, not only is she white but is nonetheless a girl. Even in the Caucasian community those in the white race have no dominant power. The author’s lack of detail when recalling this memory, illustrates how vivid it felt to be different for the first time. “Their youth shrunk onto tasteless sycophancy, into silent hate. Racism is a contamination. Waiting for the future will have benefit if the problem is not tackled now. The child who refused the author’s card would not have refused it, if she was not thought that those of color held less significance. Though young, she already knows and understands this concept. A child can refuse a colored man. Though there is an age difference, it matters not as long as the skin color is different. Scenarios such as these present a clear reason why Du. Bois lacks detail. Lack of detail demonstrates to his audience and African American community that change needs to happen and it needs to happen soon. Otherwise, those to come will not be any different from those who have already passed. Therefore, tackling the past no longer holds a ground, however, fighting for the future is the only alternative left. To accomplish this impression, being blunt is the only way to gain independence.

Booker T. Washington Response

There are those that it has been said concerning them that they will never prosper no matter what they do. Curses rather than blessing are taken to be their portion. Taking into consideration that these individuals are considered to be at the lowest of society, it is no wonder that to be unworthy will be their crown to wear. However, simply for one to conceive the idea that these individual or rather race will never rise up, does not mean they have to accept it. In fact fighting for their rights is something they will never cease to do. In Booker T. Washington’s selection, “The Atlantic Exposition Address”, the writer reveals his true intent and notion behind the address and indirectly announces to his audience, that the day will come when his race will no longer have to suffice to what Caucasians entail them to.

Booker T. Washington, exercises and amazing ability of peace and tranquility throughout his speech. This ability comes from the fact that the speaker first realizes his audience. Before beginning his speech, readers have to come to the realization that the speaker is an African American being presented to an audience that is predominantly Caucasians. Due to this range of his audience, Washington is very careful with his choice of diction. “I but convey to you, Mr. President and Directors, the sentiment of masses of my race when I say to that in no way have the value and manhood of the American Negro been more fittingly and generously recognized than by the managers of the magnificent Exposition.” Readers must take note that this is the opportunity that the speaker has been waiting for. There is nothing more pleasurable to Washington than to be able to have the voice of African Americans heard not only by society, but now to have the president’s attention. Readers must be careful to understand Washington’s belief, which entailed the proposal that should African Americans have patience and take care of all their vocational duties that Caucasians expected from them, in the end someone will see their hard work and recognize them for it. As he stands in the White House and gives his speech this belief is all that Washington has been striving for for all African Americans. Washington’s choice of diction is very submissive to his white audience. He phrases his words perfectly in the way that is presentable to his audience’s ears. This submissive tone that Booker T. displays is actually very ironic. There is actually an underlined tone to what his true intentions and motivations are, as he raptures his white audience with pleasant words. Should readers pay attention to author’s use of words, Washington is rather promoting his fellow race and trying to change white mindset concerning them. He wants the white race to wake up from their ill minded concepts about blacks and come to their aid. Washington plays a laid down role in being submissive but still finding a prevailing voice to bring about his ambitions. Washington also presents a theme to the audience for himself and other African Americans to his white audience not to judge a person by their appearance. The intension behind the white race for inviting Washington was to demonstrate racial improvement in the south. However, not only did this idea backfire, Washington came out and told his audience what needs to be done in helping his race become better since no progress have been made at all. There are those in the white community that believe that blacks will never rise up to be nothing more than servants, however the author stands before them, using grammar that could be expected from one in the white community who has been to the best of schools. Washington is equivalent to any other professor or high standard individual in the audience that he speaks to. If an African American is capable of that, what is to hinder the rest of his race from also rising up if they were just given the chance to prove their abilities? It is safe to say that, Washington actually indirectly calls his white audience fools.

The Yellow Wallpaper Response

Captivity, bondage, and imprisonment are above all forms of punishment or institution. It is one of the worst conducts that can ever be used to contain. There are those from the outside world who view it a “remedy”. However, ordinary apparitions would view this categorized remedy as insanity and to some extent it perhaps even a form of torture. There are those who can testify to this ideal more than anything and it lies with none other than women. The perception extists for those outside the femanism world that domestic and submissive roles are the kind of savior of women for the fact that it keeps them occupied and out of the way of much more superior men.

Cult of true womanhood impression depicts a destestable concept that those who are victimized would have rid themselves of it in an instant. The utterance of womanhood its self can shake the foundation of women who are entised to this form of slavery. One can imagine that these women did not jump into marriage for a once in a life time joy. It is an expectation of society that those who meet the standards of true womanhood can not be deprived the pleasure of having everyone view them. This pleasure soon turns into a plea when realization hits that there is a necessity for one to be able to express themselves for who they really are. Nonetheless, as long as male figures dominate their lives, that notion is nothing more than wishful thinking. "...there are hedges and walls and gates that lock, and lots of separate little houses for the gardeners and people...I never saw such a garden - large and shady, full of box-bordered paths..." From the narrator’s description, the audience is given the chance to visualize the caged imprisonment illustrated. Everything as the narrator exemplifies in the house surroundings are caged. Much like the mere objects around her, the protagonist is also kept in with no means of change without permission from an authoritative dominat male figure in her life. Also, with the way the house is constructed, it can be understood that a male constructed the house. The house is build to construct power. Evidently, the house keeping the narrator represents a caged prisoner, thus demonstrating the male’s power. Readers were told of a room "opened on the piazza” that the narrator desired. This request however was denied as her husband did not belief it helped her current postion. In hopes not to make the husband angry with her, she kept silent and heeded to what he said for the moment. Once the mentality of being submissive enters a woman, it begins to take toll. There is an indirect indication from the author that when the novel fist opens that eventually the wrong that men utter start to sound truthful when women seeked their spouses happiness and try to subside their anger.

Strength and weakness connected to the cult of true womanhold further goes to show symbolism in the aspect of demonstrating capability between males and females. The title of the author’s work is one its own an encouragment to this ideology. Yellow refers to sunshine in the author’s text. Readers can take notice that during the day time is when main character’s husband has dominat power over and yellow or rather sunshine contributes to the narrator’s sickness. The moonlight on the other hand, creates a sense of liberation for the narrator. Only during the night, can her imagination freely wonder without restriction.

Endless possibilities exist for those who make up their minds that enough is enough. The mind is a dangerous thing to lose; especially when placed under the care of another, it must be nourished as though their own or it deteriorates. Expectations of society can sometimes pull an individual away from this truth and eventually, that individual looses the ability to break free. However, just like most women pursue breaking free, there is no force to place them back into that bondage, especially not that of a male.

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A study sample of fifty caretakers of school children with asthma along with nine health professionals was conducted in the USA to help better understand the process by which women take extensive caretaking roles and how it affects them financially. This study examined how health professionals socialize mothers into better taking good care of their children with asthma. It also identifies better ways for mothers to better perform that role and the impact it can have on mothers in better knowing how to guide their children who suffer from asthma. Health workers also go the extra step by helping the children with articulation however, the price for this job can be overbearing to mothers. This article serves a purpose in further understanding some roles that pediatricians have to assume. Working with children proves a challenge for pediatricians due to the fact it takes understanding of both the parent and the child to be able to prescribe any remedy. However, what is not mentioned is whether or not it is an expertise for pediatricians to be able to accomplish helping children with articulation. It also lacks specific training required to help children with asthma to better articulate.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy Oral Health Risk Assessment Timing and Establishment of Dental Home are seeking ways have pediatricians play roles in the oral health of children. The purpose behind this is to determine how well pediatricians can treat children’s oral health by examining oral health content while pediatricians they go through educational process. Most pediatricians have stated that the time spent on oral health education during training is inadequate. Overall, educational programs are being instituted to encourage future pediatricians in children’s oral health. This article aids in gaining insight that children are the number one priority of pediatricians throughout the text. There is also an impression made that not only pediatricians, but however, there are organizations seeking make improve future pediatricians with better education. What this article lacks however, is its failure to mention whether or not oral education is a requirement for pediatricians. Also, since this type of oral health education requires schooling, the author fails to mention how many years of schooling oral health would take.



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Recent case study presents programs aimed at enabling pediatricians to detect and handle instances of incipient or slight psychological disturbances in their pediatric clinics. Emphasis so far has been placed teaching pediatricians on interview techniques, diagnosis, and preventive work; Division of the course is split into a theoretical part of lectures and case discussions and a practical part of examining children and their families. Working with children by understanding of this article does not only lie in the walls of a clinic. Also, it is transparent that schooling for pediatricians are very popular and there are endless ways in seeking to help pediatricians improve. Factors not given however, the effects pediatricians go through when they are not able to help the children and their families. It can be assumed that it would break a doctor if they were not able to help their patience.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics is trying to promote pediatrics by trying to increase the number of pediatricians with early training stages and familiarity of child development. Some feel that since the job entails working with children, pediatricians in training need to build closer relationship between day-care centers. Benefits of senior pediatrician can bring to a day-care experience and can be of help to day-care facilities while encountering in establishing a closer relationship between pediatricians and day-care centers. There is hope towards the idea that one does not need to wait till later in life to be able to start aiming towards their career. Child development helps to understand children of different age groups while still preparing for pediatric role. The change of scenario and challenge of working in a day care center was provided, however, nothing about its cost. Also, there are no references indicating whether or not day care center will be opened to students just seeking for the experienced before they are actually faced with their career.

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Payment for the services of pediatricians who conduct diagnostic clinics checks are the most frequently falling by flat rates, either per unit of time or per clinic session, somewhat less frequently by using the part-time salary system, and only rarely on the basis of the fee-for-service system. Pediatricians receive fees most frequently and flat rates or part-time salaries less frequently. Although careers are meant to come from the heart, if the payment does not guarantee human needs it serves only its passion and not helping ensure survival of any individual. This article does not indicate any references towards what happens to pediatricians when they continue to receive flat rates and what actions their units take into helping their health providers. Its good to be well prepared, and this article, does not help to do so.

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The Health Institute University of Washington has made its objective to assess pediatricians’ knowledge, attitudes, and professional experience regarding oral health and to determine willingness to incorporate fluoride varnish into their practices. The reason for all this lies with the fact a minority of children especially those poor have limited access and suffer from disproportionately from dentist treatment. However, it is unclear to what degree pediatricians are knowledgeable about preventive oral health and the extent to which they may already be participating in prevention and assessment. The University stresses the importance to know how pediatricians value the promotion of oral health and whether they would be willing to take on additional activities aimed at its improvement. We addressed these questions in a national survey of pediatricians. The pediatrician field expands into many fields since it specifies with children. There are no clear rules of the specific of being a pediatrician. However, though knowing these kinds of doctors can be of help to oral health, little is known about the incidence of dental problems in pediatric practice, and whether pediatricians perceive barriers to their patients' receiving professional dental care.

Edgar Allan Poe's Response

Something that has been perfeted to no end can attest very difficult to pull apart. Especially when it has been built to what is meant and translated to flawlessness. What could one who is now progressing have a stand against in determining if this perfected establishment is acurate or false. While reviewing Jeanne M. Malloy’s lexis in her simplifying “A pit and the Pendulum” by Edgar Allen Poe, at first glance, it’s a remedy for the audience. If the audience read the origional version, then Malloy’s translation is viewed opon to be that of a savior coming to a reader’s aid. Nonetheless, simply because it is coming from someone with position does not signify it can not be pulled apart. There is always a way to make enhance things. Perfection does not exist even for writers and authors who have the capability to make one think beyond expectation. In her Text, the author tends to make certain ideas present that take a toll on the overall effect of how readers view “A Pit and the Pendulum”. On of them is religion. Apparently, religion plays a key role in this particular work of Poe. An Amazing discovery is the extent to how much God is illustrated in Poe’s text. This reflection reveals that the inquisitors that were present in the selection are priests. Revelations is the key book in the bible emphasised throughout Malloy’s translation. Religion really points out as a stong main idea in the aspect that it sets a notion which contradicts.

Poe was known to have had a drinking problem which was eventually assumed to be the cause of his death. In the final climax of the pit of the pendulum, the narrator is liberated by a hand that grabs him before he falls. In a way, though indirectly, Poe appears to be that man. Should someone have been able to grasp his hand before he fell, death would not have befallen him in such an early state. This in a way emphasizes encouragement of religion. For many individuals, as they hunt every where and still lack to find what it was they were looking for, God becomes their rescuer. However, there are those who deagree with this concept. In Malloy’s tranlation, Hirsch was a presented to not appreciate the conclusion of “A pit and the Pendulum”. This can also correspond with the idea that there were those who did not view Poe in a bright light and that salvation was not menat for him either.

Illustarating only what is believed to be the central idea of Malloy presentation does not just stand on its own. To prove her cause, the use of allusion, allegory and imagery are used to strengthen Malloy’s translation. Imagery, which is strongly presented in “The pit and the Pendulum”, is that of a fallen man. In the eyes of his inquisitors, the protagonist has fallen from grace. Malloy makes a reference to Adam and Eve in this scenario. One can picture, after the sin of Adam and Eve, the two sinners running through the Eden to find cover and hope. Their idea of redemption is concieved in “imagination and heightened consciousness”. No matter how fast or far they ranned, the presence of God was surrounded throughout the entire Eden. Similarily to our selection present, the protagonist runs and desperately searches for a way out and seeks his redemption. However, those who placed him in the pit new what his ebd would be. Even if every obstacle was overcomed, the narrator’s oppressors knew he was trying to survive in a fiery pit all along which was constructed by them, and is their territory. Difference lies with the allusion readers have to make when the narrator is saved. In a way it seems that Adam and Eve were not saved since their time did not include the second coming of christ. The protagonist however, received salvation from the image of a second coming with the general’s hand being that salvation.

There is a setback for readers when Malloy presents an idea of infancy, which conflicts when there is another idea that “mere intellect is in-effectual”. This mention of an infant is in a way a bit insuting. An infant will not be able to escape the pit. Rather tears would have been their way of dealing with the situation present. Children depict innocence, and there was no scenario presented that proved to be within the capacity of a child. There is even a reference of the protagonist being compared to a female because he showed signs of weakness when he realized the fiery pit was close to consuming him. There is a great flaw in saying the narrator in the selection is that of an infant.

It would have taken an interest twist if the narrator of the Poe’s piece was to meet an unexpected end. That would have shifted the entire outcome of the tale. One might make the assumption that after being liberated, nightmare of what the narrator went through would eventually begin to hunt him. Suppose that in reality, the narrator was not a civil human being. Poe could have continues with the effects the pit took on the character. Should he have died, it would also shift the author’s profile on the sense that he was willing to give up on life just like the narrator. Changing a single senario would have evolved entirely the author and the character he himself created. This in a way would have also emphasized the idea that waiting around in a helpless state of a child will cause no aid to come. Determination to change a situatiom would have made the difference.

Comparing Kate Chopin's Selections with her Life

There can be so many things that build up within one’s self that eventually will seek to break loose. At times anxiety grows and it becomes desperation to release what it is that is eating an individual from the inside out. There are those who keep their outlooks to themselves and it eventually destroys them. Then there are others who release their sentiments and conflicts. They may not necessarily verbalize it, there is always a way to speak through others. Maybe not a living being, but perhaps through created characters that reflect viewpoints. This ideology is identical to the way Kate Chopin tells her own conflicts and thoughts through her selection “A story by the hour”. Though indirectly, the audiences are able to make traces through her text that connects it with her life’s story. It is not just any thing that the author wishes to communicate. There are significant traces of events that are embedded within her that prove evident when writing short stories and selection.

Despite the true obvious that is realized when reading any of Kate Chopin’s text is the fact that all the protagonists presented in her pieces are women. There has always been a cry for women throughout her words as women of her time struggle to gain identity. This search to find their own identity is bound with traits and characteristics required of them when belonging to cult of true womanhood. In her selection present “A story by the hour”, the protagonist presented is one who belongs to what society views to be a true woman. This illustration of one who has status reflects perfectly on the author. Kate Chopin was indeed one who ranked in society; perhaps even a difficult role she had to play as since she is the kind that is easily recognizable due to her family. However, within her thoughts and voiced indirectly through her character, though belonging to this cult made an individual to be recognizable in society, it is one that she and many women of her time wanted liberation from. “There would be no powerful hand bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon fellow creatures” (Chopin). Part of being an authentic woman during Chopin’s time required one to be wholly and utterly submissive to their spouse. The capability of a husband was the identity of a woman. There are no “if” and “but” about what a husband has to say. “By all accounts he adored his wife, admired her independence and intelligence, and “allowed” her unheard freedom”. (Wyatt). This compelling love Chopin received from her spouse was given to her with permission. Had her spouse objected with her writing, Kate Chopin will not have a single of her short stories published. This contrast between the protagonist and the author are truly in a way not different at all. Chopin voices her thoughts as to how she wishes the freedom her husband gave to her to express her freedom was similar to the kind given to other women whom she could have shared the same bondage with. Chopin understands what it is like for women who have to be completely submissive. This sympathy of not knowing the feeling, but however realizing it causes her to speak through the protagonist. Chopin had her freedom and still continued to be domestic and pious, which is why it seems to troubles her that other husbands cannot release the hold placed on their wives. Chopin’s belief seems to reflect the idea that a woman can have their independent identity and still belong to true womanhood.

To be held in captivity does not always have to be equivalent to what it is like to be in slavery. Captivity can also take place in the mind. Throughout her text, Kate Chopin would seem to agree with this concept as captivity is the kind of bondage women of her time seem to have to endure throughout their lives. To experience loss, identity, and even feeling of being deprived is one that the author seems to know far too well. Though her experiences are disheartening, it is what strengths her to speak through her characters and makes a stand for women.

Disturbia character Analysis

Characteristics that reflect maternal affections are traits that should be transparent in those claiming roles as mothers. In Christopher B. Landon's movie, "Disturbia", his character Julie is presented in a manner that demonstates the exact role of an authoritative motherly figure. When first introduced to Julie, there is nothing significant to take note of. The audience can get the impression of a perfect home suited married wife with a caring heart for her son. However, just like most mother's simplicity of what some expect mothers to be capable of can easily fool its audience. "I'm sorry you are a felon". Julie says these words with a hint of sarcasm in her tone.Towards her son, she's stern and firm. One thing that does not alter in her charateristics is her sense to love. Upon losing her husband, there are those who would blame the son (Shia LaBeof) due to the fact he was the one driving when the accident occured. However, this firm figure Julie is presented with strengths her relationship with her son dispite his dissappointment. She keeps communication open to preserve what is left of her family and as the audience moves through the movie, they can take note that Julie's house is kept in a presentable manner (with the exeption of her son's) as she manages a job and still take care of her son. Landon's way of evoking a motherly figure in his movie can be no way better have been displayed through Julie. Her characteristics present are as real as they come for any average mother.

Ain't I a Woman Comparison

Praise, worship, and adoration without a doubt should be crowned to those who deserve it. Depending on what is phrased and what takes place can sometimes alter the respect that is due. In Soujouner Truth's selection,"Ain't I a woman" both origional and revised versions, readers can take note that the lack of detail can shape the overall impact and impreesion it leaves on its readers. In the origional piece, readers gain a sense of insight as the author is presented to be illeterate due to her dialect. A strong message that conveyed is that perhaps one does not need to go to the best of places, know how to read and write to be able to exercise common sense. Her use of diction combined with the her dialect in a way empowers the author. Knowing her background its amazing to know that despite someone who was an ex-slave and has recieved little education can still rise up above everything else to inspire. In the revised version, Truth is presented in a poised manner as she stands in front of the crowd. The atmosphere created around her captivates even the men that sit in the crowd. Lack of detail in the revised version demonstrates an obidient crowd;however that proves false in her origional piece. A desperate tone is created through both versions of the author's speeches. It becomes imperative and transparent that the author's wish lies with strengthing and encouraging women to have a voice.

Aren't I a Woman Response

Dejection and anguish is a constant remedy presented to beings considered insignificant. Those who seek to disobey the decrees layed out will for ever in a day remember pain, as is the mind set placed into them to believe that brighter days do not exist. Of Course, there is always an execption: should you be a Caucasian or one belonging to true woman-hood, then the concept of despair does not apply. In Sojourner Truth’s text, “Aren’t I a Woman?” the author seeks to break that negative mind set that holds those of her own in bondage. Physically, slavery has ended for those in the African American community. However, mentally, they are still held. Truth does not focus on “Negros” per say, her attention is drawn more towards the women of her society. Who even when they are no longer bounded by slavery, they are considered to be at the lowest of ranks and continue to be dehumanized. This battle for recognition takes on a serious note. Truth gets her message of awakening the voice within women across using an unexpected use of word choice, a playful underlining tone, and tends to become thoroughly vivid in her use of imagery. The author structures her text in a way that it grabs oppressors presented in her tale that enough is enough.

“Well children, where there is so much racket there must be some-thing o’kilter”. (Sojourner Truths). Upon first reading this text, there is nothing beyond the ordinary about it. However, there is a purpose to why the sentence is structured in the manner that it is written. Without implying it the author cautions readers to remember the audience in which she’s speaking to. Truth is not speaking to children, but rather grown women. Her use of diction allows readers to understand that though the audience she speaks to are women, they still have the mental capacity of children. Truth in her own way has evolved. The now present author who was once a slave herself raised herself from the degrading state the world placed her under. Another keen perspective the author employs readers to take note of is that perhaps even her use of diction can conflict with her audience. She wants the women of her community to understand why the mind set of being worthless no longer affects her. Before Truth even opens her mouth to speak just by gazing on her skin color, the comparison of her audience to her skin color based on appearance will be “she is just like me”. However, when she begins to speak there is a difference. Though those in the African American race look alike, she has evolved in believing that there is a future for women where “they too will be lifted over ditches, and have the best place everywhere”. The writer does not require inspiration, she’s rather there to inspire since she is
not the one sitting in the crowd.

“Look at me”! These words do not present itself in the same playful tone as the writer gives her speech. Her words are commanding and not only does it take the attention that it deserves, it also creates a vivid image to readers that it is not a pleasant thing they are forced to gaze upon when the author asks them to look at her. Standing before the audience is not as one will imagine a graceful being who has managed to avoid all of life’s challenges and become successful. Truth can stand before these women because she shares the same scars as they do. Herself appearance is evident enough. The author has indeed increased in knowledge; however the scars to remind her how she got to that position will never alter. When presenting her own self as imagery, readers are introduced to how stern the author is. Truth takes a step back from the underlining playful tone she used to grab readers attention when she first began her tale.

There are those it has been said about them that they will never make it. The curse of society’s way structure and reason has set it in a way that that their mind has been embedded deeply to believe this concept. However, there are always those who know and have the right words to say to break that mental negative mind set and stand waiting until they see a future worth speaking of for all.

Negro Spiritual Verse

If it was left up to you-I would be dead
Was it left to you-already would I have been destroyed
But God is not like you-He will see me through

This life I am leading-in this lifetime
Wherever I pass- it ends ill
Oh God-come to my aid and every pain will subside
My God speak for me
Speak-save me and revive me
My God Speak and everything will be calmed

Slavery Response

Pleading a justified can be proved to be difficult especially when a person knows that deep down there right. There are those who fight for what is already theirs. For an illustration, property is not always the most valuable of assets. Sometimes, thought, words, and even emotions are equivalent to any priceless entity. However, just like any material can be stolen, so can the ones that are not even seen but rather felt. In the African American community, words and thoughts that were voiced by that slavery held bondage are in a way stolen as if they were literally a substance. Slave history consisted on selective information released by slave holders. The nature of cruel intent is seen through the fact that these slaves have been bushed to the very bottom and yet it is not enough. Though their bodies have already surrendered to Caucasians, their mental capacity to reason has also been stripped away.

“He took her into the kitchen, and stripped from neck to waist, leaving her neck shoulders, and back entirely naked.” Throughout the text, women serve as imagery to the abuse which they endured. As Douglas states “I hid myself in a closet. As Douglass watches, he uses this sense of imagery demonstrates that slavery for both Douglas and Jacob is not only a physical control but also a mental control. As Douglas and Jacob write, they witness the cruelty humanity is capable of, one can visualize the face of a horror stricken child who can do nothing but watch. It is made clear that slavery is sustained not through natural superiority of whites, but through natural concrete and contrived strategies of gaining and holding power over blacks.

To despise and have a hate that runs so deep that it has the capacity to engulf and cause others to suffer is beyond true human intent. Fragile minds have no way to wrap their minds around this concept. Yet, there are those who do. It is rather impulsive that those who have to wrap their minds around this concept are relatively children. Such is the life of those slavery holds captive.