Imagery- On page 51, "..Mistress couldn't keep a smile off her face. Like everyone else, Willard, Scully, hired help, deliverymen, she was happy, cooking as though it were harvest time. Stupid sorrow gaping with pleasure; the smithy laughing; Florens mindless as fern in wind." This quote in the book gives me a sense of contentment. They are all happy with what they have, and are enjoying every minute of it. Mistress was cooking as though everything were "peachy," harvest time is when all the fruits and vegetable are planted and people are happy.
Literary Devices- Good and evil are symbolized in this story in a way never explained before. Jacob now a dead man, was full of conscious. On page 63, "he had appologized for his error in prophecy and admitted that however many collapsed from ignorance or disease more would always come." Jacob Vaark explains the mentality of people, if a person dies from either one of these then only are they visited the most.
Values- On page 63 ""They would forever fence land, ship whole trees to faraway countires, take any woman for quick pleasure, ruin soil, befoul sacred places, and worship a dull unimaginative god." The landowners had no such value, they took everything for granted and thought they could do whatever they pleased.
Characterization- On page 64 "...although legal to do so, they were hesitant to kill foraging swine." Sir D'Ortega and Mistress even though lived off of the slaves hard work, they were mindful enough not to kill every thing seen. They fenced their cattle, and had the right conscious to be hesitant to kill an animal.
Language/ Word choice- On page 63, "Her people had built sheltering cities for a thousand years and, except for the deathfeet of the Europes, might have built them for a thousand more" Jacob's wife was being described and how her ancestry was being emphazised upon. The amount of years was negatory, and was being exagerated in order to catch the readers attention.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Short Answer Questions
1. Equiano is a young African boy, who struggles on his journey to the New World. He encounters many horrid scenes, and is treated like an animal. Many of the crew members who captured him as a slave, do not have an feelings what so ever. After catching plenty of fish for the whole ship, the members only ate them, and what ever was left they threw back into the sea. In Plymouth Plantation, the ship Mayflower carried as many as 100 pilgrims for their voyage to Virginia. The environment was just as horrid, "one of the main beams on the mid ships was bowed and cracked, which put them in some fear that the ship could not be able to perform voyage." Many were also affected with diseases such as scurvy which is a lack of Vitamin C, which many passengers did not consist of. In Equiano's journey, many diseases were spread as well, and in both stories several people died due to lack of nutrition, malfunction of the ship, no air, and no hygiene. Bradford encountered just as much as Equiano did.
2. From day one, the Europeans treated the Africans as if they were not even human. Africans were looked down to due to racial indifference's, and color. I believe that no matter what race, every individual should be treated equally. Unfortunately, some do not understand that. In the first story, where Equaino encounters the Europeans not dumping waste into the sea, but leaving it in the dirty, unspacious rooms, allowing the Africans to stay there. As well as, not giving any food to them, and "rubbing it into their face" as we call it, is extremely brutal. They dump the rest of the food in sea, rather than providing it for the slaves. They did not care, whether the slaves were dead or alive. The slaves were practically in a dieing state of matter, living in waste, and having no such health care for the diseases spread onto them.
3. Going through such pain and agony on a daily basis, could be very disturbing for mental health. Many of the slaves in both readings would rather die than stay alive. A disturbance comes into the mind, that rather than "live like your dying" a person referring to slave would rather just die and get it over with. "Two of my weary country men who were chained together, preferring death to such a life of misery, somehow made through the netting's and jumped into the sea." Oladouah Equiano said such words. Many were stopped from jumping aboard, because the slave crew member were alarmed. Harsh times were coming there way, because many even thought of the word "death" rather than slavery. As well as the "stench of the tubs" which is the smell of a toilet and the lack of fresh air for weeks, which caused many wanting to die. After reaching the island did the Africans realize that they did not want to die, because they were only told to work on the farms, and had seen many of their own kind, giving a sense of contentment.
2. From day one, the Europeans treated the Africans as if they were not even human. Africans were looked down to due to racial indifference's, and color. I believe that no matter what race, every individual should be treated equally. Unfortunately, some do not understand that. In the first story, where Equaino encounters the Europeans not dumping waste into the sea, but leaving it in the dirty, unspacious rooms, allowing the Africans to stay there. As well as, not giving any food to them, and "rubbing it into their face" as we call it, is extremely brutal. They dump the rest of the food in sea, rather than providing it for the slaves. They did not care, whether the slaves were dead or alive. The slaves were practically in a dieing state of matter, living in waste, and having no such health care for the diseases spread onto them.
3. Going through such pain and agony on a daily basis, could be very disturbing for mental health. Many of the slaves in both readings would rather die than stay alive. A disturbance comes into the mind, that rather than "live like your dying" a person referring to slave would rather just die and get it over with. "Two of my weary country men who were chained together, preferring death to such a life of misery, somehow made through the netting's and jumped into the sea." Oladouah Equiano said such words. Many were stopped from jumping aboard, because the slave crew member were alarmed. Harsh times were coming there way, because many even thought of the word "death" rather than slavery. As well as the "stench of the tubs" which is the smell of a toilet and the lack of fresh air for weeks, which caused many wanting to die. After reaching the island did the Africans realize that they did not want to die, because they were only told to work on the farms, and had seen many of their own kind, giving a sense of contentment.
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