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I speak advisedly when I say this,--that killing a slave, or any colored person, in Talbot county, Maryland, is not treated as a crime, either by the courts or the community.
Not only were they robbed of their dignity, but their humanity too. Throughout this chapter, Douglass shows the slaves humanity as well as the inhumane and disgusting actions of the white slaveholders.
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The children unable to work in the field had neither shoes, stockings, jackets, nor trousers, given to them; their clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts per year. When these failed them, they went naked until the next allowance-day.
I don't think I ever was aware of this. It's actually insane. Children being forced without clothes even in the winter is heart breaking.
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sloop
"a one-masted sailboat with a fore-and-aft mainsail and a jib"
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I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege. I was not allowed to make any inquiries of my master concerning it. He deemed all such inquiries on the part of a slave improper and impertinent, and evidence of Page 2 a restless spirit.
Not knowing my birthday would drive me crazy. It's a priviledge we have today that we didn't even realize we had.
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For what this separation is done, I do not know, unless it be to hinder the development of the child's affection toward its mother, and to blunt and destroy the natural affection of the mother for the child. This is the inevitable result.
While reading this whole detailed section about his mother and his relationship with her, I wondered if he spent so much time on it because of the fact that his audience tended to be white women in the north. By going into depth on the immense sorrow he experienced from being separated from his mother, would that tug on the heartstrings of the primarily female audience?
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Sometimes from out the folded paper the pale clerk takes a ring:—the finger it was meant for, perhaps, moulders in the grave; a bank-note sent in swiftest charity:—he whom it would relieve, nor eats nor hungers any more; pardon for those who died despairing; hope for those who died unhoping; good tidings for those who died stifled by unrelieved calamities. On errands of life, these letters speed to death. Ah Bartleby! Ah humanity!
Melville ends the book with the lawyer feeling pity and sadness for bartleby, but also for humanity as a whole.
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The round face of the grub-man peered upon me now. “His dinner is ready. Won’t he dine to-day, either? Or does he live without dining?” “Lives without dining,” said I, and closed his eyes. “Eh!—He’s asleep, aint he?” “With kings and counselors,” murmured I
I personally wanted to highlight this section because I love the way it is written. I got chills. I just imagined the quiet, cold tombs and the mysterious nature of bartleby alongside the warmth, curiosity, and compassion of the lawyer. The lawyer realizes that bartleby isn't just drunk and asleep, but has passed away.
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I now recalled all the quiet mysteries which I had noted in the man.
In the story, one can see the dark and gloomy tone as well as the mystery and uncertainty throughout. Here, the lawyer talks about the "quiet mysteries" of Bartleby. He is somewhat intrigued but cautious too.
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I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of whom as yet nothing that I know of has ever been written:—I mean the law-copyists or scriveners
The story's first person narrator is the lawyer.
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hermitage
hermitage: "the dwelling of a hermit, especially when small and remote"
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- Sep 2024
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journeys.dartmouth.edu journeys.dartmouth.edu
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I wished they’d stay away In those dim countries wherethey go, What word had they, for me?
I believe this quoted section follows the gothic romanticism characteristic of stressing a gloomy atmosphere and tone. The whole poem seems to follow this but I thought this highlighted section did especially.
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Some keep the Sabbath in Surplice – I, just wear my Wings – And instead of tolling the Bell, for Church, Our little Sexton – sings.
Here, I believe Dickinson is trying to emphasize that faith and relationship with God isn't just found in the church. It's a personal thing and you don't need to go to the physical church building to receive salvation and Christ's love.
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Some keep the Sabbath going to Church – I keep it, staying at Home –
This may be my favorite poem of hers. The structure and words are beautiful. In this highlighted section, she notes that while some people keep the sabbath by going to church, she does by staying at home. Throughout the poem she discusses how she is content with the ways she chooses to honor God even though it is not the way church would deem acceptable.
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Oh last Communion in the Haze –
I thought it was interesting that she used religious language such as "communion" even though she herself didn't commit to the Christian church. It states in the reading guide that, "While Emerson and Thoreau were content to ‘sign off’ from the creedal history of the church, Dickinson and Melville could not stop looking for a belief to ‘latch on to” (Lundin 111). As Hawthorne wrote of Melville, “He can neither believe nor be comfortable in his unbelief” (qtd. in Lundin 112)." She does mention religion and God himself in her poems frequently
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A very few – a Bird or two, To take a final look –
Here, Dickinson uses the bird looking back as an analogy to represent her longing for summer to stay. She doesn't want to seasons to change.
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