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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
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I do think that this is an important read- but I also think that it is something that becomes a lot more powerful when considered in conjunction to its historical and social perspective, which I don't have the ability to independently do, so out of context it has less of an impact for me ?
Additionally, it was really interesting to see the role that literacy had in Douglass' life. Literacy had and gave so much power and agency in Douglass' life. It was such an elevated force that if literacy was praised so highly in another piece of media I would have denounced it as hyperbole. Literacy was one of the aspects that pushed Douglass towards thoughts of freedom of the mind and the body.
"If you teach [Frederick] how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave."
"Mistress, in teaching me the alphabet, had given me the inch, and no precaution could prevent me from taking the ell."
If I am too believe Douglass than I am to reconsider my thoughts and beliefs about the limits of literacy
Additionally, it was really interesting to see the role that literacy had in Douglass' life. Literacy had and gave so much power and agency in Douglass' life. It was such an elevated force that if literacy was praised so highly in another piece of media I would have denounced it as hyperbole. Literacy was one of the aspects that pushed Douglass towards thoughts of freedom of the mind and the body.
"If you teach [Frederick] how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave."
"Mistress, in teaching me the alphabet, had given me the inch, and no precaution could prevent me from taking the ell."
If I am too believe Douglass than I am to reconsider my thoughts and beliefs about the limits of literacy
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
This was short, and I wish Douglas had included a clearer chronology of his life, rather than seemingly disconnected episodes. What he wrote, he wrote well, but sometimes he skipped a lot of important details. That said, he gave a moving depiction of the injustice of slavery - not the graphic details of physical violence, but the mental violence inflicted by humans against humans. What is striking is how slave holders reasoned and justified their actions. It would be one thing to commit atrocities and blow it off because you just don't care, but Douglas described the efforts to which slave holders went to rationalise their actions. That was enlightening and sobering.
This isn't really the type of book one such as me should be allowed to pass judgement on since the author escaped slavery in the antebellum South, lived to write about it, and became a national leader.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Alcohol
ليس مهمًا تحت أي اصطلاح مزيف تتستر العبودية، فأنها لا تزال بشعة وبها ميل طبيعي حتى للعصف بكل ملكة نبيلة عند الإنسان.
- دانييل أوكونيل
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يغني العبيد أكثر حين يكونون أكثر تعاسة، أغاني العبد تمثل أحزان قلبه وهو يخفف عن نفسه بدموعه. هذه هي خبرتي على الأقل، فكثيرا ما غنيت لأغرق أحزاني ونادرا ما غنيت لأعبر عن سعادتي. الأمر يختلف بالنسبة لغناء العبيد، فأغنياتهم تندفع جميعها بانفعال واحد.
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- دانييل أوكونيل
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يغني العبيد أكثر حين يكونون أكثر تعاسة، أغاني العبد تمثل أحزان قلبه وهو يخفف عن نفسه بدموعه. هذه هي خبرتي على الأقل، فكثيرا ما غنيت لأغرق أحزاني ونادرا ما غنيت لأعبر عن سعادتي. الأمر يختلف بالنسبة لغناء العبيد، فأغنياتهم تندفع جميعها بانفعال واحد.
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This was required reading for my son's history class, but alas, the spine was never broken.....hmmmm Looks interesting enough for me to read.
2011: I did read this and loved it, but can't recall many of the details.
2011: I did read this and loved it, but can't recall many of the details.