Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - PDF
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Running head: INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRLINCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRLName of the student:Name of University:Author Note:
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL1Question 1It is the story of Harriet Jacobs who for safety has named herself as Linda Brent innarrative. Harriet Jacobs begins by discussing the childhood wherein she does not have anidea until her mother dies when she was only six years old. Incidents in the Life of a SlaveGirl Book has opened with the introduction wherein she has stated her reasons for theautobiography wherein it was seen that her story was painful and she had kept her lifeprivate. However, in the future she felt that making the entire issue public could help themovement that is relating to antislavery. The book was significant in nature as it had allowedthe readers in experiencing the travails and traits of the female slave in America and thereaders understood the life of Harriet Jacobs as slave and her childhood was gone in slavery. Question 2.Influences of family and friend in the life of Jacob the elements were more bad thangood. Aunt Martha was her grandmother who provided her love and support as well asspiritual guidance. She was previously a slave but is free now with all her other familymembers enslaved. William was Jacob’s brother who like other slaves seeks freedom andprotects his sister all the time. Jacob had two children Ellen and Benny. She had a faithful oldfriend Betty who helped her hiding for sometimes. Beside all these family members andfriend, Jacob was much influenced by the ideas of Mrs. Bruce the first who protects Jacobfrom Dr. Flint.Question 3 The relationship of Jacob with the White owners was not positive and it was hatefulkind of relationship between them. Mr. Flint was the master of Linda, Mrs. Flint was mistressof Linda, and she was Dr. Flint’s wife as well. There was different kind of problems that were
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL2faced by Jacob due to MR. and Mrs. Flint, as they did not treat her in a proper manner. Mr.Flint was the enemy and would be lover of Linda and he felt he had the right to do anythingwith her and wanted to seduce her wherein Linda rebels and refused to perform such sexualdealings. Mr. Flint used to become obsessed and enraged relating to breaking spirit of Lindaand there was no feeling in Mr. Flint that Linda was a human being and he constantly foughtwith his wife and identified Linda as women slave (Jacobs). Furthermore, Mrs. Flint treatedLinda viciously and she treated her brutally and was insensitive in nature. The slavery was harder on females than the males as the female slaves as they werevictims of sexual abuse and this had affected their lives in a huge negative manner. Thefemale slaves were tortured and abused as per the needs of the white men and they did nothave any such kind of sayings as well. Question 4In chapter 10, Jacob refers to her relationship with the black carpenter who wanted tobuy her freedom from Dr. Flint. He refused this offer of the free black who had tried to buyJacob’s freedom. Dr. Flint wanted complete submission of his slave therefore he took a newway to win Jacob’s full submission to him. He strategized and told Jacob that he wanted tobuy her a house as well as made her his lady. Due to this reason, Jacob desperately decided tomake her free from Dr. Flint and entered in a sexual relationship with Mr. Sands (Jacobs p.85). He was a white Lawyer and had a great affection for Jacob. She assumed that Mr. Sandswould be a gentle man as he wanted to make her his mistress and buy her from Dr. Flint.Therefore, Jacob consented to his advances and got pregnant by this man. She experienced amoment of triumph when Dr. Flint approached her and she refused him by saying that shewas impregnated by another man.
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