He can compare to Dr. John W. Fields because they each suffered from a separation due to slavery. John Fields was separated from his mother at a very young age as Big Sam was separated from Scarlet, but they were reunited after the war as John Fields was never reunited with his family. A way John Fields can compare to Mammy is he had a mind of his own, and wanted to learn and be an individual, and not just a slave. Mammy was lost and the only way of life she knew was being a slave, and caring for her white owners. She never really pursued any type of learning and her mind was “too simple, and not evolved enough” for her to pursue an education of any sort.
I will never humble myself to him. I have worked for him for nothing all my life, and I am repaid with stripes and imprisonment. Here I will stay till I die, or till he sells me.” (Brent 464). If it’s true, that may be why slaves would attempt to run away to the North to be free. But not all of them made it to freedom and ended up punished by their masters.
He was then sold to a captain in London, who sold him to a rich merchant in the Caribbean. In the Caribbean he worked in plantations where he was treated like other slaves were treated, even after being educated. He saw other slaves being tortured by his master- with iron muzzles (a machine that stops you from eating drinking and speaking), some slaves were also raped. Because his first master educated him he was able to save money and buy his freedom with that. We can also tell this by Ellen Craft.
By going through all the experiences that Baldwin and his father had earned by their skin color, he himself have learnt about what position he and Negroes in general were placed in by the society in that time and how he has figured a way out. Even though Baldwin’s father’s past was not revealed to us but it is easy to see that he had held the grudge toward the white people till the day he left this world. He was the first generation of freemen and his mother was born during slavery. He himself must have seen all the abusive treatments that the white people had done to his mother, to black slaves. It is understandable that he became such a man who always felt suspicious with white people – “Some of them could
Even though Biography of a Runaway Slave was written much time later, way after the abolishment of slavery it’s intention was to give people a powerful descriptive story of what it was like to live in times that Esteban lived in our current times and it does a great job in telling a story of a runaway slave. Miguel’s style of writing shows true feelings of what Esteban felt about different types of slaves and what they meant to him. “Truth is that the blacks were honest.” (pg. 26) Many of the testimonials coming from Esteban are raw and he does not hold back. Every word is the truth and it gives a more sense of realness to the narrative.
This is the perfect example of surviving on inner strength because Samuel returned to his wife after the war and together they moved to Denver. Additionally, in the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass he goes through some similar troubles. Douglass was a slave, but not the ordinary slave, he could read and write, and never put up a fight with his owners. Douglass went through very tough times as a slave and during this story it was with one of his master’s named Mr. Covey.
Meanwhile, his son has fallen in love with an outsider and refuses to be joined in marriage to anyone but. Never having heard of such blasphemy, the father will not, and plans to never have anything to do with his daughter-in-law to be. After a long time of straining to keep his son out of his mind and avoiding his name, a single letter challenges his beliefs and reminds him that there may be more important things than his pride. Okeke is a very prideful man and very committed to his tribe and it’s traditions. He is without a doubt sure that he has chosen the perfect wife for his son Nnaemeka.
He says “when my father was turning on my mother, he was also turning on me because I would stick up for my mother while the rest of my brother and sisters would be hiding in the cupboards.” the point I am trying to make here is that after such a harsh and miserable childhood he has still made an amazing and successful career and life. Next I would like to tell you about Benjamin Zephaniahs performance styles because he somehow adds everyone and anyone into his wonderful work. For example in his poem “we refugee’s” he says everything as the first person which shows he cares about the slavery and feels like one of them and also in his poem “touch” he uses sing language which tells us that he wants to add the people who have a hard time trying to read or listen. What I am trying to tell you here is that he adds everyone in to his work which some poets may not do unknowingly which makes him an outstanding person and poet. I would like to tell you about his lifestyle now because in the
He’s only allowed to share if I make him, yet he’s required to never show emotion. Showing emotion is for the weak and I don’t want a weak husband. I want a big, strong husband, devoid of all emotion, except when I need him to be. He should be able to understand that I’m not fine when I tell him I’m “fine.” I want a husband who will understand me even though I don’t know how to communicate. When I want to stay home and take care of children I’ve sired to keep my marriage, I want my husband to work.
When Farmer got married to his wife Didi and then had a kid I thought he would maybe change his ways and become a family man. Paul never becomes a family man because he was in such a habit to go to Haiti and not staying in one place, such as his home with his family that he never changed. Paul always had to be helping somebody. Even though Paul is away from his family for a good cause, I think it isn’t right to start a family but never be around to see them. The third thing that I saw is wrong with Paul Farmer’s lifestyle was that Paul is risking his life, to save others, and if Paul is to get sick or die, his family would have no way to support themselves.