Ok, so, what I like most and least.
What I like: Frederick Douglas. Most the story of Frederick Douglas himself this guy is awe-inspiring. He ought to be so angry, raw, frustrated, like ready to take off heads but he isn't. He calmly goes on about all the injustices done to him and the people around him in a "I'm going to act like I'm not pissed off" tone. Does anybody else feel that? Like, he's pissed off yet, not "seeing red" angry? In fact it's almost wrong how matter of fact he is. Golly, I'd have already started kicking down buildings not written a novel.
What I don't like slave masters. Inhumane cruelty is demonstrated throughout these chapters we've been reading, lack of food, worked to exhaustion, whippings, beatings, killings, horrible horrible things. People shouldn't be able to do that to others. They can't but still... What if it was your long ago relatives that did that? I just went and checked my moms Native American and Quaker so no slavery there and dads family was to poor or was fighting for the Union. I can almost sleep safely at night. I also didn't like how the slaves didn't fight back. They vastly outnumbered the slaveholders in the south. If they had banded together they could have made quite an impact. The same is said about the roman slaves. In the time of Spartacus the Romans were completely outnumbered by the slaves they imported. Its a mystery why they didn't rebel they could taken over without any trouble. (we're watching Spartacus in Latin)
I can't find my group's blogs. The only one I found hasn't updated. Sorry Ms. C.
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You make a good point, how can he be so matter of fact? I'm gald you said that, I was beginning to fear I was being far too quick to judge and a bit too self riteous in my thoughts of "if that were me there's no way I wouldn't seek revenge". Oh, and thanks for updating, it makes it difficult to comment when lots haven't updated.
ReplyDeleteI don't need all this talk about not updating. I am in full agreement on everything said about the slave masters and I believe that his lack of obvious anger is what sets him apart from the others like him and enables him to become the respectable person he is.
ReplyDeleteYou make some fun little comments Audrey (and Spartacus is awesome), but there are answers to some of the questions you pose.
ReplyDeleteIf all the slaves know is how inferior they are, whether or not it's the truth, they aren't going to do anything back, because they were simply taught they were inferior, sad as it is.
INDEED,
ReplyDeleteI think that this has been a very interesting blog. But, I do think that the slave holders put make the book a lot better. They add an element of evil and and it's fun to hate them.
Also, some slaves did fight back. In Haiti they made a country.