Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass And Harriett Ann Jacobs Analysis
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I will begin with a comparison of the two books, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” and “Harriett Ann Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” with their title pages. Douglass’s title is announcing that his entire “life” as an “American Slave” will be examined. While, Jacobs’s title offers a contrast and proclaims that this will not be the story of her full life, but a selection of “incidents” that occurred at specific times in her life. Jacobs refers to herself in the title as a “slave girl,” and not an “American slave,”. It is the voice of a woman telling the story of having survived a horrifying childhood and identifies herself as a slave mother. Douglass’ and Jacobs’ works symbolize the pressure between …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Compares douglass' "narrative of the life of an american slave" and jacob's "incidents in the life of a slave girl" with their title pages.
- Analyzes how douglass' narrative chronicles his life from childhood to becoming an adult. he was born a slave in tuckahoe, maryland, under captain anthony.
- Analyzes how jacobs renames people in her story for a sense of privacy. the audience for this narrative is males and females.
- Explains that most slave narratives begin with a statement regarding birthplace, with little knowledge about when he or she was born. they also discuss religion, for the most part christianity, and slave auctions.
- Compares the narratives of douglass and jacobs, and explains that the similarities are due to the prescribed formats that governed their publication.
- Analyzes how douglass' narrative is told from the pulpit through his sermons, reflecting his mastery of a powerful preaching style and the rhythms and imagery of biblical texts that were familiar to his audiences.
- Analyzes how jacobs's narrative is the sexual exploitation that she, and many other slave women, had to endure.
- Compares jacobs' work to douglass, both were slaves and knew of at least one family member. both authors achieved successful outcomes and were eventually freed from slavery.
Douglass’ narrative chronicles his life from childhood to becoming an adult. Factual information gathered from this reading tells us that Douglass was born a slave in Tuckahoe, Maryland, and was born under the master, Captain Anthony. Douglass had no knowledge of his age but does know who is his mother and grandmother are. We also learn that Douglass is aware of the fact that his father is considered to be the master of the plantation. In the later part of Douglass’ life, he is moved to a new plantation, where is owner is Mr. Auld. When he becomes a slave on Mr. Auld’s plantation, Douglass begins to get a true sense and knowledge of the ravages of …show more content…
The novel becomes the result of his speech-making career, reflecting his mastery of a powerful preaching style, along with the rhythms and imagery of biblical texts that were familiar to his audiences. Jacobs modeled her narrative on the sentimental or domestic events that occurred in her life. Douglass focuses on the struggle to achieve manhood and freedom. Jacob focuses on sexual exploitation. The lead character of Douglass’ autobiography is a boy, and then a young man, who is robbed of family and community. He then gains an identity not only through his escape from Baltimore to Massachusetts but through his ability to create himself through telling his story. Harriet Jacobs, on the other hand, was caught between community, family, and
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- Analyzes how frederick douglass's narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. harriet jacobs was born into slavery and published letter from a fugitive slave.
- Compares the narratives of douglass and jacobs demonstrating the full range of demands and situations that slaves experienced, and the mistreatment that they experienced.
- Analyzes how jacob's sister endured sexual abuse and was forced to bear a child. most women slaves faced sexual harassment or abuse at an early age, causing psychological problems as they developed into mature women.
- Analyzes how douglass' narrative of the life shows how black males were treated with disrespect even after slavery had been abolished in the north.
- Analyzes the differences between jacob's and douglass' narratives. the themes of freedom and the need to end slavery were the same.
- Analyzes how gender separated the two narratives, and gave each a distinct view toward slavery.
- Analyzes how douglass and jacob's lives moved in different directions, but it is important not to miss the common will that their narratives proclaim of achieving freedom.
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- Analyzes how the narrative of frederick douglass explains that slavery is brutalizing and dehumanizing, and that a slave is able to become man.
- Analyzes how douglass describes his life as a slave in ways that are brutalizing and dehumanizing.
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- Analyzes how douglass uses diction to prove his intellectual ability even if he is a slave. words like gratification, triumph, compensation, and repelled are used to give proper descriptions of his experiences.
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- Analyzes how harriet jacobs, in her story incidents in the life of a slave girl, explains how living in slavery was heinous and horrible.
- Analyzes how jacobs demonstrates the inner strength that these young girls had to develop to deal with their day-to-day lives.
- Analyzes how the women of the masters were not happy about the attention that their husbands gave to the young slave girls, and it was the slaves that most often got the blame for the husband’s infidelity.
- Explains that the strong religious beliefs that families held during this era made life unbearably difficult for these slaves and especially the women.
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- Analyzes how harriet jacobs, charles ball and kate drumgoold each shared their perspectives of being caught up in the world of slavery.
- Analyzes how kate drumgoold recognizes the importance of religion throughout the community and gives it high regard.
- Analyzes how harriet jacobs' incidents in the life of a slave girl follows the same path in regards to religion.
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- Analyzes how frederick douglass and harriet jacobs implement distinct narrative styles to demonstrate their different perspectives to their preferred audiences.
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