Thursday, December 22, 2011
English III -Frederick Douglass & Harriet Jacobs
Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs narrate two different episodes of slave life. Compare and contrast their situations, their actions, their emotions, and their political opinions. What are the internal and external conflicts and are they overcome? How do their attitudes and views contribute to their credibility? In other Words: What do they believe and do you believe them?
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Harriet Jacobs & Frederick Douglass
ReplyDeleteThese two authors were slaves and they were treated badly in their master’s homes. Yet they fought for their freedom from their master’s ruling over them
In Douglass story he was sold from Mr. Thomas to a man named Mr. Covey and he was a bad man. One day Douglass and another slave were working in the fields one day, it was so hot that Douglass fell when he was working, Mr. Convey told him to get up, and so Douglass tried his hardest to get up and he couldn’t. Mr. Covey was getting angry and he whipped him in the head, he stared to bleed. So one day he decided to run to Mr. Thomas house. Once that he was on his way to Mr. Thomas house, he got spotted by Mr. Covey.
In Harriet Jacobs she was a house slave with her two children. She was a well behave slave girl, her master never laid a hand on her. She was a hardworking slave she hast done anything wrong. The bad part was that she couldn’t sleep in a bed she slept in on a bag full of feathers. Jacobs decided to run away to her grandmother’s house. Once she got there, her sister opened the door and she was shocked that she was there. Her sister told her that she will get in trouble if her master found her here.
Both of these authors ran away from their fear and they tried to find a way to fight. Sadly one of them found it and one of them hid from their master.
Douglass was went back on a Sunday, holding a magical root which made him not to get harmed by Mr. Covey, he passed by Mr. Covey while he was going to church and once he found Douglass he was mad at, but yet he couldn’t hit him what so ever. Douglass thought that it was the root that protected him or was it the fact that it was a Sunday. Once it was a Monday Mr. Covey got his whip and wanted to whip Douglass, yet Douglass got up and he protected himself from the hit, Mr. Covey and Douglass had fought for more than two hours strait. After that fight was over Douglass wasn’t beaten or hurt again.
Jacobs hid from her master when she got bit by a poisonous snake. Yet there’re consequences when she escaped from her master. Her children were thrown to jail and her brother as well his wife was realest from jail because the wife of the master couldn’t bear to see to see a woman in jail, so she got get out jail to come and work with her in the house. Harriet was sad and upset that it felt that was her fault that people were placed in jail for her. Harriet’s sister went to visit her children and he brother in jail, when she told her that her children really misses her then Harriet started to cry and yet happy that her children were okay.
Fredrick Douglass's action were physical actions. He was tired of Mr. Covey hitting him for no reason and a person can only put up with so much of someone so he ran away into the woods from Mr. Covey to get help from someone else. His emotions seemed angry because of the beating then him and Mr. Covey had gotten into a huge fight that lasted almost two hours.
ReplyDeleteAs for Harriet Jacobs, she took action by taking a stand for what was right and what she believed in. Her slave owner was going to over power her children if she stayed with them and that was the last thing she wanted.
Douglass's is getting beat almost half to death while there's a $300 reward to find Jacobs and return her although her owner too wanted her dead. I guess Jacobs was actually worth something telling by the $300 reward. Mr. Covey didn't really seem to care if Douglass was missing until he returned through the cornfield.
Douglass's internal conflict was stopping Mr. Covey from beating him for no reason while he was in the sun all day and had a heat stroke. His external conflict was to stand up to Mr. Covey and win that battle he was fighting him. Douglass did overcome his conflicts because he had something that would protect him from getting the beatings from Mr. Covey and also after the battle, Mr. Covey never tried to hit Douglass again.
Jacob's internal conflict was where she would go to hide and how she could keep her children out of getting over powered. Her external was to stay away from everyone so that she doesnt get turned into her owner.
Jacobs and Fredrick both believe that they had a right to stand up to their slave owners. They were both mistreated and had to stand up for their beliefs and I do agree with them. Sitting on your butt and just letting things happen won't change anything. You must go for what you want.
The stories of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs both have their differences in the episodes of slave life. Douglass shows how he can't support being treated like he aint nobody. When Douglass rans away from Coveys commands, he goes straight to his master Thomas. But later has to return and thats when he and Covey battle. At the end Doglass wins and he sees that now he might have some hope for freedom. These battle made him have self-confidence, have sense of his own manhood, and determined to be free.
ReplyDeleteBut in Jacobs narrative is way the opposite of Douglass slave life. She didn't fought back meaning to make some justice for how she was being treated. She instead escape and that's when she made things even worser. Her children were put in jail and so was her aunt. When she found out about this she wanted to go back but they told her to not if so she would be killed. Maybe if she wouldn't ran off things wouldn't have changed. Both narratives are different Doglass fights back but Jacobs escapes.
The internal conflicts of Douglass was when he battles Covey. The external conflicts was when he rans off to his master to see if he might help him. Jacobs internal conflicts was if she dared to abandon her children or involve her friends and family. The external conflicts was when she escaped from her owner and tried to avoid recapture.
Douglass attitude and views contribute to his credibility by getting him to be free. It all started when he fought back to Covey. If he wouldn't have done that maybe nothing would of have changed. Jacobs is when she basictly escapes and then realizes that she put everyone's life's in danger those that she knew and love. I feel like Doglass believe in the right to be free so he would do anything for it. For Jacobs its by running away and escaping everything its the way it would end. But the truth is it keeps going till someone stops it. I believe Doglass did the right thing because if he would let him whip him he might as well die. And for Jacobs I understand her she doesn't want her children to be sold and like she didn't have anybody to talk to and express what she felt.
These two have many things in common when it comes to slavery . Frederick Douglass is fighting for human rights because hes experienced many brutal beatings by his master Mr.Covey that always mistreats hm most of the time while working in the fields. Frederick is very brave and educated but one thing he is not scared to do is fight Mr. Covey which he ends up doing one day and they fight for a long period of time . He say's hes a real man after the fight because hes not afraid of Mr.Covey and will stand up to him. Harriet A. Jacobs is a young women that faces slavery in her girlhood and also is born into slavery likie Frederick Douglass. This autobiography is also about slavery but the difference is that how any women would get treated by their master or the living conditions they would be in.Many slave try to escape from their masters for example Frederick and Harriet both escape and have hideout where to go and not get cought by their masters but many slaves end up getting cought and sold by other masters. Harriet A Jacobbs is more educated because she learned how to read and write but it was forbidden to slaves but she still did it for her own good. These two were fighting for what they thought was right like human rights and women rights to stop slavery but its still happens even today in various occasions. But I would agree with Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass because it was the right thing that need to happen in order to make a change in slavery.
ReplyDeleteFrederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs have an ongoing fight of survival as they take their unrightfully place in slave life. Freedom was taken away from them and despite the fact that they are in the mid of a war zone of rights, many people would not expect them to survive. Until then, slave owners would push these people to their limits.
ReplyDeleteThe unfortunate event of this woman, Harriet Jacobs, would risk her life for her children, Benny and Ellen. Though knowing they were slaves was hard enough, she never lost hope. I respect her for that. Her fake happiness in doing her work faithfully overshadowed her true sorrow and sadness. This internal conflict of her is whether or not she should leave. Her children will be sold if she stays but if she leaves, she might not see them again. Her confused feelings were responsible for her actions of leaving them. The external conflict was the impact it would have on her innocent children. Her children were thrown into jail as a means of compelling her relatives to give some information about her. What a world back then.
Frederick Douglass was a young slave who got mistreated for the reason that he wasn't doing his work. But how could Covey beat him up and expect Frederick to get up. After getting hurt he made no effort to comply. He left to his "master", Thomas, to complain about this. He ridiculed the idea that there was any danger of Mr. Covey's killing him. In fact, Thomas said "Don't bother me again, or I'll whip you myself". How do you win in this situation? Both corrupt "men" were the external conflicts awaiting Frederick. His internal conflict is he himself. What is to stop him from defending himself? He was given a root that would supposedly help him if he kept it on his right side. His faith was not lost. You would think it failed him because on Sunday he was not beaten. But on Monday was the true test. And it turns out a 2 hour battle came upon both Frederick and Covey. Frederick won. His strength and faith did not fail him this time.
Harriet and Frederick had conflicts inside them growing. Harriet fought with civil disobedience as she ran away. Without her, her children would not be sold. It was a win-lose situation. She left and could only see them if she were to be as covert as a shadow in the darkness. She could not get caught. Frederick fought physically, and brought fear to Covey. He was never hit again in his slave life, or so he says. They obviously fought back despite how the society was back then. Their political opinion - "Give me Liberty or Give me death", and so it was an ongoing fight.
Their view and attitudes changed them and pushed them to their limits. I somewhat believe in them because they stood their ground. But was it too late? Couldn't they have done this any time sooner or did they just wait for the right time? Or were they to be pushed until they could not take it any longer which would give them the ultimate strength? Harriet- “Who can blame slaves for being so cunning? They are driven to resort to it. It is the only weapon of the weak and oppressed against the strength of their tyrants”.
Gabriela Martinez..
ReplyDeleteBoth of the stories come alike backgrounds they both take place during the slave time they both were treated different and their actions are drastic and what leads them to the things they do. Because Fredrick Douglass was punished a lot for no reason and Harriet Jacobs was going to have her kids token away two very different situations.
But now the difference between the two was that Fredrick Douglass has a strict master he doesn’t take excuses when working. Not even one chance to give him rest while doing something outside on brutal hot weather. That was the situation in the story so he decides to run away after his master Mr. covey because he had already whipped him real bad for not listening to his commands.
Now Harriet Jacobs’s both her daughters where slaves and she did not want them to have the same life she did. So she decides to run away and goes to her friend’s house but then faced with the problem that they might find her there. If they get caught it’s bad for both of them. The thing is that her master never laid a hand on her which makes both stories different. If they don’t do anything when will it change?
They both think are full of emotions confused, sad, frustrated angry at life. Asking them self’s what did they do to deserve a life like that wishing they could do something to change it but they can’t only running away. Instead of facing them because at this time that wasn’t realistic believe in this because back then what could they do? Nothing they were helpless people that their voice was never heard. It was very different back then, then now in days.
Harriet Jacobs and Fredrick Douglass have a lot of similarities with it been the time of slavery. Freedom was taken from both of them, and every other African American that was in the time of slavery. Most of the slave owners didn’t have faith in their slaves they mostly expected them to die because of the war that is going on.
ReplyDeleteSince both occur in the slavery time but they had different stories to it like, for example Douglass was fighting for human being rights. After he ran away from Mr. Covey because Douglass was getting beat and mistreated into the woods were he tried to find help from someone else but ended going back to Mr. Covey were he had a fight with him that lasted 2 hrs. Which Covey demanded Douglass to get up after he was beating brutally just for doing his work. Douglass him self was fighting for the freedom he wanted. Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black or Native American, famously quoted as saying, "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong." So that pretty much says it all for Douglass.
Now like Douglass, Jacobs was determined to fight to the death for her freedom. Yet while Douglass could show “how a slave became a man” in a physical fight with an overseer, Jacobs’s gender determined a different story. She was pregnant with the child of a white lover, fifteen years old Jacobs reasoned that her condition would was a difficult because she knew that her master would want to sell her and the child she was going to have. Jacob also using civil disobedience standing up for what she believes in and for her children not to get sold.
Both of them believed in freedom and they came to a stand were they couldn’t take it no more and just had to fight for there freedom. Yes I do believe in them because I think anyone doesn’t matter if your black or white every one should have an opportunity to have freedom.
Sheyla Gonzalez
ReplyDeleteBoth Jacobs and Douglass stood up for a very important reasons that changed their lives.They decided to take actions about what was happening to them, Douglass was being mistreated by his owner Mr.Covey; and Jacobs was going to be sold, so she decided to run away and leave her kids.
They both made sacrifices but at the end they were worth it. Jacobs was a fugitive and was looked for all over places. Her brother and her two kids ended up in jail, but she stayed firm in what she believed. Douglass walked seven miles while being covered in blood for the whooping he had recieved from Mr.Covey. When he got to his destination his was forced back to his owner.
He was tired of being whooped by Mr.Covey everydady. He stood up to Mr.Covey full of courage and defended him self. After this Douglass was no longer whooped by Mr.Covey. Their external conflicts were similar, but their internal conflicts were the ones that made them change. They believed that they had rights like others, and that they were also humans that didn't deserve to be treated that way. I belive in Harriet Jacobs story, but not so much in Frederick Dougless's because I don't think slaves stood up to their owners. I think that these stories show a lot of courage, and can inspire a lot of people, to view freedom a different way.Now a days things are different and there aren't any slaves around we all have equal rights and pretty much do what ever we want. Even though people take advantage of the freedom they have, they end up locked up in a prison, wishing they hadn't done what they did.
Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs had both suffered a lifetime's worth of pain. After a while, the two of them had enough. Douglass was tormented by his owner, Covey, where Jacobs ran away after her children were threatened by becoming plantation workers, looking for something better for them.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to Douglass, was that he had a heat stroke, stopped working, but Covey, in his infinite ignorance, kicked and hit Douglass, demanding he get up. Douglass struggled his way up, went to his master, Thomas Auld, returning the next day awaiting a ready-to-fight Covey, which is where Douglass's emotions took over. After many years of hard labor and horrid conditions, Douglass stood for himself, earning the silent respect of Covey by beating him.
Jacobs ran away one night after locking up Mr. Flint's house, leaving behind her children, who would be taken care of by Sally. When Flint found out about this, he threatened to have Harriet's kids put out to plantation work, then he put them in jail. A very emotional conflict that Jacobs encountered was knowing that her children were slaves, and not being able to do anything about it, as she had run away. Her relatives were tortured to give information about Jacobs's whereabouts. But Jacobs did succeed by running away, as she wasn't sold away from her children, and by being a runaway, her kids were kept together instead of being sold.
The conflicts Douglass faces are ones that he overcomes with a great deal of pain. Externally, he has a large gaping head wound and is deeply bloodstained. Internally, he is holding years worth of pain and unjust suffering inside him. Put another way, he has a gaping wound and blood stains on his soul, which he obtained from slavery. Eventually, on his way to becoming a revolutionary abolitionist, he would recover from the external conflicts, as time heals all wounds, but would never wash off the bloodstains from his enslavement. Who would be able to? Later on, instead of taking out his emotion angrily, he wrote a book. This is why Douglass's book is important, it opened people's eyes to the unjust ways of slavery.
In my view, the message that the two authors convey is to preach the malfeasant acts of slavery. Both Jacobs and Douglass have heartbreaking stories to tell, and it was vital to tell the stories, or slavery would have continued without much of a blink from the public. Because of the important message these two convey, I agree with them.
Frederick Douglass and Harriet A. Jacobs were two of the many slaves who dealt with the cruel peculiar institution of slavery. At the time, African Americans were seen as nothing but an efficient source of labor that could bring their masters a profit. In reality, they were human beings that truly suffered from the heartless acts of slavery and desired nothing more but to feel the wind of freedom.
ReplyDeleteIn the two short accounts ‘The Battle with Mr.Covey’ and ‘The Flight’, Frederick Douglass and Harriet A. Jacobs both share the situations they were forced to experience, their external and internal conflicts and their beliefs.
In ‘The Battle with Mr.Covey’ Frederick Douglass was sent by his master to live with a slave breaker, Mr.Covey, and when Douglass experiences a heavy beating from Covey while he was sick, he decides to run away to his masters house and ask for protection. When his master rejects taking him away from Covey, he is forced to go back, but when he arrives he finds himself in yet another chase from Covey. His friend Sandy Jenkins gives him a root that’s suppose to protect him, which gives Douglass a bit of confidence to face Covey. When Douglass is back at Covey’s place, he gets into a fight with Covey, and actually ends up beating Covey, which made the rest of his stay there quite peaceful. Douglass faced a lot physical pain due to all his beatings, but also found his self-confidence and strength. Quite similar to Douglass’ story, but still different, Harriet A. Jacobs also experiences the evils of slavery in her account ‘The Flight’ where her name is disguised as Linda. She decides to run away and leave her children behind because she knew her master would sell them to her grandmother, since they’d be useless without her. She gets help from a white woman, but instead of having her children sold to her grandmother, they are locked in jail with her brother and his wife. In contrast to Douglass’ story, Jacobs (Linda) deals with the emotional pain of being without her children and disrupting her brothers life. Both accounts deal with pain, but the pain comes from a different place.
Frederick Douglass and Harriet A. Jacobs both dealt with external and internal conflicts that affected their experience and emotions. Douglass’ internal conflict was the struggle of whether the root Sandy gave him actually worked or not. His external conflict was the actually fighting scene he had with Covey. Jacobs internal conflict was her back and forth debates on whether or not she should stay in hiding or just come out. Her external conflict was that her brother and children were put in jail because of her and she didn’t know what to do about it. Although one conflict comes from within, it usually devastates a person just as bad as an external conflict, take Jacobs story for example.
Due to their exposure of the cruel world of slavery, Douglass and Jacobs both believe that running away is the only way out. There is no sympathy in the hearts of their masters which is why they both resort to running away. If I were in their positions I would certainly do the same. When running away, the North is often the preferred destination because slavery doesn’t exist there. Douglass and Jacobs both published biographies of their experience during and after slavery and they did this to help other slaves escape and show the whites the horrors of slavery.
Frederick Douglass and Harriet A. Jacobs both share the situations they were forced to endure, their external and internal conflicts and their beliefs about the peculiar institution. Although coming from the same background of slavery, they faced different situations that showed the various ways that slavery made one suffer. Encountering different conflicts while under slavery, such as physical fights and internal struggles, they both saw running away as the only solution of getting out of it. Slavery is something that will haunt American history forever, could you imagine going through what Douglass and Jacobs did?
Jacobs was a young kid living with a stalker/pedophile master who was obsessed with her. Sexual exploitation was a BIG part of slavery. This is why most Black Americans have some white ancestry. She had to get away not just for her kids , but to escape her tormentor.
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Frederick Douglass&Harriet Jacobs
ReplyDeleteAre the lives of two slaves exactly the same? Slavery was a cruel system of forced labor that allowed their owners to make profit with ease. Many slaves chose to save themselves in various ways including standing up directly or running away from the danger completely. Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs were both former slaves that chose to become abolitionists and document their life stories to share with others in America. Both became slaves at a young age and grew up knowing that for the rest of their life, they would be forced to do work for individuals they called “masters”. However, due to their valiant personalities and their determination, they escaped that life; Douglass chose to physically stand up to the authority while Harriet’s main character decided to run away to save her children. The stories portray the authors’ similarities in opinion of freedom and emotions, however they also differed because of the actions they took upon and their overall situation.
The narratives written by Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs share similarities in opinion of freedom and the emotions expressed. In Douglass’ narrative, the main external conflicts in the beginning included the exhaustion and nausea he experienced while working that caused him to be punished by his master even more. Although he took the blows to his body involuntarily, his decision was to take them no more from there on. This is an example of an internal conflict because it was difficult for him to make the decision to allow Covey to continue beating him at the time. Douglass then leaves and struggles as he heads towards his master’s home in seek of protection, hoping he could persuade the slave breaker to feel some sympathy for him. This compares to Harriet’s views and emotions because she too felt the need to leave in hope of finding help and freedom for her children and for herself. She decides to take the risk of being caught and arrested in order to prevent her children from become slaves on the plantation she worked on herself at the time. Knowing that if she left, this would allow her children to stay with her grandmother- protected and safe from harm. This is also an example of an internal conflict because she knew that her decision would disappoint her grandmother. The emotions expressed in both stories that were similar include frustration, hope, and fear of the risk they were taking. However, both characters in their stories also shared that valiant personality. Douglass said, “You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.” From this quote, we can infer that he was determined to prove others wrong when they thought that slaves remained slaves. Although their opinions and emotions compare, both narratives also had differences in the actions they took upon.
The story of “The Battle With Covey” and Jacob’s story “The Flight” differed in a sense that their main characters took on different actions to achieve their freedom. For example, in Douglass’ situation, he didn’t expect to be beaten by Covey as bad as he was that day in the barn. Although Douglass was young at the time, that didn’t become a hinderence when he decided to physically fight him back. It is evident that he was aware of the risk he was taking but was determined to win the battle. This was the main external conflict of the story and surely the scene with the most physical action between a slave and an authority figure. Douglass’ actions differed from Harriet Jacobs’ character because unlike Douglass, she didn’t physically fight her masters to save herself or her children. Linda decided to run away and stay in hiding which could could be due to the fact that she was a young woman and was aware that doing physical harm
to her masters would just cause more trouble. Although running away from the danger seemed like an easier option, it did come with other external conflicts such as being bitten by a poisonous reptile, having no shelter for a period of time, and facing exhaustion from her travels. Based on this, we can see that Douglass did not give a care towards the consequences he might receive from the authorities while Jacobs still considered the fact that if she came out of hiding to defend her family directly, she would be arrested. In my opinion, this shows that Jacobs still had some respect for her masters and the authorities of the town. Not only do the stories differ because of the actions their characters took to defend themselves, but they also differed in their overall situation.
ReplyDeleteDouglass and Jacobs’ narratives differ also because their main situation differed. Although both were fighting for freedom, they were fighting for the freedom of different people. While Douglass was fighting for himself, Jacobs’ character was fighting for the freedom of herself and her children. Frederick became frustrated with Covey for constantly beating him without a credible reason and wanted to resolve this problem once and for all. Jacobs did not want her children to experience the life of slavery. She wanted them to experience the freedom that she didn’t have but soon fought for. After reading both of their stories and their intense experiences, I can say that both their views seem credible. In other words, I do agree with their opinion that every person deserves to be treated with respect and have a taste of freedom and I would surely do the same to achieve it.
Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs’ narratives of slavery both share similarities in their opinion of freedom and the emotions portrayed but also differed in the actions their characters took and the main conflict. The similar opinion they shared included the idea that all people, including slaves should be treated with respect and be given freedom. The emotions that they both shared also included frustration, determination, hope and fear. Although they had similarities, they also differed because Douglass fought physically while Jacobs ran away and remained in hiding. In addition to that, the main reasons for their actions differed as well. Frederick fought in order to stop his constant beatings and Jacobs risked her life to save her children’s. If you were Douglass or Jacobs, would you have risked your life in order to achieve their goal of freedom?
Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass were both slaves, but they’re situations are very different. Frederick Douglass was loaned by his master to another slave owner for a year. His owner had him work under intense conditions. For example, Frederick was in the field working, on a very hot summer day, when he almost passed out. He ran away to his master but his master ordered him to return to his owner. This is where the problem started. Frederick was fed up with his owner and snapped. He and his owner were in a long, heated fight. He even stated that after that fight his owner never hit him again. Inside he must have felt accomplished, as seen in the first paragraph when he says “You’ve seen a man turned to a slave. Now you will you see a slave turned into a man.” He overcame his fear of his owner and became a man. He believes that no one should be treated poorly and just allow it to happen. I agree with Fredrick because as a person you have to stand up for yourself. It’s not acceptable for people to just walk all over you.
ReplyDeleteHarriet Jacobs took a different approach. She snuck out of her owner’s house at night. What she didn’t know is she was going to get sold to a family member and everything would be okay. When she ran away she jeopardized her chances of getting sold. She was on the run for a long time and couldn’t see her kids. While Fredrick faced his problems head on, Harriet ran from hers. While I agree with Fredrick’s approach, Harriet had a logical reason for what she did.
Leslie Gudino
ReplyDeleteIn narratives the authors endured harsh treatment from their so called “masters” during their time as slaves. Throughout Douglass’s narrative it is described how he is beaten up his owner due to his unwillingness to work or sometimes his inability to work due health reasons. On the other hand, Jacobs fled in search of a better life after her children were in danger of becoming plantation workers.
During Douglass’s narrative, it is said that he had a heat stroke while working, but Covey kicked and hit Douglass, demanding he get up since he had stopped working. Douglass made difficultly walk to his master, Thomas Auld, hoping to find some compassion but none was found and was to return the next day to covey’s plantation. After many years of dealing with slavery and being beaten sometimes almost to death, Douglass defended himself which earned him respect from Covey.
The conflicts faced by Douglass are those that he overcomes by dealing with them in extreme measures. Externally, Douglass is severely wounded and given no medical attention leaving him weak. While internally, his emotions run wild dealing with all the abuse suffered throughout his years of suffering as a slave. In other words, he is suffering from wounds that emotionally never healed making an impact on his soul. Later in time his physical wounds did heal but his emotional wounds healed more with the work he did for the abolishment slavery. His work and his story make this such an important piece in American literature.
One night Harriet Jacobs ran away after locking Mr. Flint's home in doing so she left behind her children, who she knew would be taken care of by Sally a family friend. When Flint found out that one of his best workers had left, he threatened to have Harriet's kids sent out to the plantation work, but instead he had them out in jail with their grandmother. An emotional conflict that Jacobs encountered was knowing that her children would be slaves and having any way of preventing it. Also knowing her relatives are being tortured in order to receive information about Jacobs's whereabouts. Jacobs did succeed when she ran away by the fact that being a runaway meant her kids were kept together instead of being sold off separately.
To me both authors seem to believe that families are ruined and damaged emotionally from slavery. I do agree with their thoughts and believe both Douglass and Jacobs suffered throughout their lives and that no human being should be treated that way no matter what their skin color is.
The two narratives “The Battle with Mr.Covey” and “The Flight’” Frederick Douglass and Harriet A. Jacobs both portioned vicious slavery, which caused them to escape from their wicked masters. These two slaves lived through the most hectic, forbidding systems and were handled like abounded dogs. The throbbing and suffrage Douglass and Jacobs survived in was heartbreaking as well as depressing because it was realistic, but unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteIn “The Battle with Mr.Covey”, Douglass was forced to live Mr.Covey, the slave breaker, and he was compulsorily hammered by Mr.Covey on daily basis. One day the hot sun was radiating throughout Douglass’ body resolving him to become ill, he couldn’t take the beatings or the heat anymore so he decided to walk miles through the forest, barefooted stepping on thorns, branches, and weeds to get to his master. He was in desperate for protection and would do anything to get it; his master refused to assist him and told him to go back to Mr.Covey. Sandy Jenkins, one of Douglass friends gave him a root, which was believed to shield and guard himself from Mr. Convey. As soon as Douglass gets comfortable at Covey’s house, a fight begins between them two, and it lasted for a tremendous amount of time. Finally, Douglass won the fight and gained victory and respect from the slave breaker.
Although, in “The Flight” Jacobs, otherwise known as Linda ran away while locking up her masters house, Mr.Flint, she left her children to behind, and wasn’t aware that they were going to be sold to one of her family members. During her escape she got bit by a poisonous snake, and cautiously hid from her master. She was blind to see what was going on, and she risked her children lives. Flint eventually figured that Linda had escaped from his house and terrorized that her young children should be sent to jail with her brother. Being that Linda was heroic enough to runaway she revived her family and all of her kids resulted together rather than sold off separately to different masters. While she did feel that it was her fault that her loved ones ended in jail because of her actions.
Frederick Douglass and Harriet A. Jacobs equally partook in internal and external conflicts that showed their personal attitudes affecting their behavior and their interaction with the environment. Douglass internal conflict was the effort to go to his master and find out if he was going to facilitate him or not. His external conflict was to walk miles all the way back to Covey’s house to battle him. Jacobs’s internal conflict was the debate to leave the house. Her external conflict was that she came to find out that her kids being in jail would make them be together as a family.
The attitudes and views that the authors portrayed exhibited the misery and sorrow African Americans dealt with as slaves, and till this day. It’s an eye opener for those who didn’t recognize the tribulations that slaves went through. The message the authors provided convinced me to agree with them.
During the slave period many African Americans were being abused by their “owners.” Two major important people, Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass have had stories about the traumatic things they had to endure while being held against their will. They both had to escape from the pain they were getting but one had to give up a family and the other one was almost beaten to death until one day he realized enough is enough.
ReplyDeleteHarriet Jacobs was a slave girl that one day realized that she didn’t want them to have any more power over her once she moved into the house that they would have even more power since they’d try and take over her kids. So that night she decides to leave and go stay in a hiding place. Harriet knew that there was a chance she’d never see her kids again but she just couldn’t bear having to let Mr. Flint her owner have power over her kids. The next morning Mr. Flint and the constable had rewards put out to find her. A week later her brother told he that her kids had been out in jail. Harriet faced an internal and external conflict, her internal was debating on going back and turning herself in to get her kids out of jail but external she’d have to go back to Mr. Flint and there’s a chance her kids may not be released and she’d be punished for running away.
Fredrick Douglass was also a slave but instead of working in the house like Jacobs he work out in the field picking grains. One day he became ill of heat stroke he tried to push threw it but eventually his strength gave out. Mr. Covey, the field watcher, seen Douglass down so he came by to what had happened to him, while he lay on the ground, Mr. Covey gave him a kick in the side and told him to get up. He tried to but was too weak to stand he kicked him again then after him not getting up again he whipped him with a whip which gave him a wound on the head. After that he decided to walk 7 miles to go talk to his master when he finally got there he told him that he must go back the next morning. The next morning he decides to go back when he hits the gate of the lot he sees Mr. Covey standing there coming after him with a whip so he runs away again he ends up going to his friend’s house where he goes to the wood and gets a magical root. He eventually goes back to Mr. Covey’s lot where he faces his internal and external conflict. Mr. Covey and him end up getting into a fight Douglass’s internal conflict is to not get whipped again because he’s had enough but his external conflict was that Mr. Covey wasn’t going to give up and that he would eventually get whipped to death.
Jacobs and Douglass both had internal and external conflict though they were very different they both had a mindset of not letting what had happened to them keep happening. They both had to make hard decisions but they were life or death that could affect others. Even though in the story you don’t see or hear about Harriet getting whipped but you can infer that if she would have went back it wasn’t going to be easy on her since she was a women missing for a week. Though Douglass didn’t have the same abuse they both had the same outlook on where they felt as though they wanted better for themselves.
Jacobs faced psychological and sexual exploitation by Mr. Flint who was determined to have her and abuse from his wife who was resentful of her. She had kids also by a visitor to the plantation whom she hoped would be her "way out" of abuse.
DeleteThe main difference between Frederick Douglass’s and Harriet Jacobs is that one story is about how Frederick stood up for himself and against the cruelty of his overseer. Harriet’s story on the other hand is about how she hid and runaway from the slave owners for a better future for both her and her children. One slave is revolting and standing up for what is just while the other slave is sly and cunning to avoid the slave owner.
ReplyDeleteBoth these people are slaves yes but are having two very different internal and external conflicts. Frederick’s internal conflict is getting over the mental state of being a slave while Harriet’s internal conflict is being very worried for the state of her children and her family because if she were caught they would surly torture her family.
Both of these characters also have very different external conflicts one is fighting against a slave owner to save his life while the other is running from the slave owner to save the lives of her and her family. Both of these writers were very credible but I feel that Frederick Douglass’s story was a bit more compelling, interesting, and believable. I feel this because it seemed that Harriet’s story didn’t seem to fully explain why she was running away. Also I very much side with Frederick because you must stand up for yourself or you will always be mistreated and disrespected.
JANAE BANNERMAN
ReplyDeleteFredrick Douglas and Harriet Jacobs are two former slaves who became authors to tell people about how brutal and unjust it was to be a slave. A man named Mr. Covey, who was somewhat of an overseer, who tormented Douglas by beating him viciously while Douglas was having a heat stroke. Jacobs on the other hand had internal conflicts as well as external. Her master Mr. Flint threatened to send her harmless children to the fields to become plantation workers. Frightened by the thought of her young children doing arduous work, she ran away.
On one scorching afternoon, Fredrick Douglas was doing hard labor and exhausted himself out so much that he stopped working and collapsed to the dirt. The insensitive and infuriated Mr. Covey began to lash out on Douglas as he struggled to his feet. With a leaking head and hurt stomach Douglas ran threw the woods to his master Thomas Alud for immediate help. Instead of the help he was seeking he got an obscure amount of salt for his wounds and a demand to go back to Mr. Covey. After many years of torture, with the help of his “magic” root, Douglas defeats Covey in a 2-hour fight and gains his silent respect.
On the night Harriet Jacobs ran away, she locked up Mr. Flint’s house and miserably kissed her children goodbye. When Mr. Flint awoke the next morning and noticed that Jacobs was nowhere to be found he was immediately livid. He searched her families quarters and questioned them about her whereabouts. Flint was so furious that he locked up Jacobs’ Aunt, Uncle and Children. Jacobs did succeed by running away, as she wasn't sold away from her children, and by being a runaway; her kids were kept together instead of being sold apart.
Both, Douglas and Jacobs, seem to believe that lives are ruined and damaged emotionally from slavery. These narratives both are fighting for someone or something but overall they're both fighting. The difference is one was fighting for himself and the other for her children. I do agree with their reasoning and believe both Douglass and Jacobs suffered a lifetime full of horrible, sorrowful memories that no human being should have. No one should be treated differently because of their races but unfortunately racism and slavery still exists but it's these kinds of analogies that people read and can paint a picture of the troublesome life it was to be a slave and try to end such a barbaric way of thinking and acting.
Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs both have very similar but different stories. The Structure and information put into both of these stores carrie out the same principal and meaning even being different, and that being slavery isn't right and when slavery was around the strifes and challenges people went through. Plus not only what they went through but how they stood up for their not only rights and what was right or in some cases what was better for their kids future and safety.
ReplyDeleteLet's start off with Harriet Jacob's the author of her story, basically her story consumed of was she was a slave treated badly and she knew if she didn't act at that point in time her kids would be taken away from her and hurt and she couldn't do that to herself or her kids. So what she did was she had to go into hiding and even though her kids were still taken away they suffered a lesser bad fate then what they would have faced if she would have stuck around. So what she did she was taking a risk if you wanna put it that way but she knew what she had to do for her kids she did it her end result wasn't the best still but not as bad as she had hoped for. Honestly her story just showed one of the many challenges people like her and other slaves had to go through at this time which was a bad thing.
Frederick Douglass and his story went through a lot more physical pain and suffering then we read about in the last story but along the same lines in a way. Frederick gotten severely beaten and mistreated by his "master" for something he couldn't control his health and the conditions he was forced to work under. After he gets severely beaten then sent back to his master from his "ruler" he was convinced and we all though he was gonna get beat to death or what ever other fate he was going to face. He had a different approach he did have to return but when he finally did he went back to work. Then after a day or two Mr Covey his master took him into the barn and was going to kill him but he stood up for him self fought back and won. He was still a slave but he did something amazing stood up for his rights and the result was amazing for him.
Now in both of these stories or any story in history that shows these sometimes graphic but real and horrible racism slavery story's but the reason they put these stores out there is to show how they either overcame it or helped make there time easier in slavery and how if you want to make a change you can do it and how they did it. I honor each any every one of these people just that number one they weren't afraid to share there stores but the great lesson we can get out of this what they over came everything that contributes that makes it good.
Lindsay Price-Friend
ReplyDeleteFredrick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs were in very similar yet very different situations. Both Douglass and Jacobs were African American slaves born into slavery.Birth records were not kept for children born into slavery so neither of them know their exact birthdays and how old they were. Both wanted freedom from slavery and were very determined to get what they wanted. Eventually both got their freedom overcoming different obstacles throughout the way.
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery and had always wanted freedom. Finally he gained that freedom at age twenty-one. Douglass gained his freedom by escaping to Massachusets, getting to the point that he could escape took a long time. Douglass had many obstacles to over come while growing up. Over the years he taught himself how to read and write which was one of the keys to his freedom. While he was still enslaved by Mr.Covey the slave breaker as he got older he gained that hunger to gain his freedom and one day started a fight with Mr.Covey.
The ambition to fight to get his freedom came over him a few days before when he was arguing with Mr.Covey about not doing good enough. The moment Douglass started to fight was when he did not feel very well and Mr.Covey still made him work, even harder than before. Finally when Douglass felt like he had enough he fought back when Mr.Covey did not listen. Eventually Douglass made his point and left Mr.Covey.
Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery in Edenton, North Carolina. She was later orphaned at age six. From there she became a house servant. As a house servant she learned how to read and write. Jacobs path to freedom was very long with many struggles. She had hid in her mothers basement/crawlspace for many years just reading the bible and writing. Finally she decided to run away and gain her freedonm.
While Jacobs was enslaved by Mr. Flint, she was a "good" servant. Jacobs had two kids who she cared about greatly. That's one of the reason she decided to run away. When her former owner died she and her children were going to be put on the plantations. Jacobs decided that she did not want to go on the plantation and that it would not be good for her children, so she decided to run away. Sinse Jacobs was biracial when she ran away she went to go hide with her white relatives. Staying and hiding from Jacobs previous owner was not an easy task. Jacobs while hiding got to see glimpses of her children and appriciated every little chance she got. Finally she got her freedom.
Both Douglass and Jacobs had very hard lives that they were born into. They had no choice in the situation they were put into but they made the best of it. One charicteristic that made Jacobs and Douglass get to where they were was their perserverence and that fire that they had inside them. Both of them did not give up hope and they kept fighting for what they wanted which was their freedom. Eventually after many years their perserverence paid off and they finally got the freedom they always wanted.
Ralph Cola
ReplyDeleteAmerica was not as “perfect” as it is today, slavery and corruption ruled over the land, rather than the government. Two of a few African-Americans that was literate are Frederick Douglass and Harriot Jacobs. These authors were slaves as well. Frederick Douglass who lived with a horrible overseer(Mr. Covey) had to stand up for himself if, not it would be his life in the line. Harriot Jacobs was a slave who was treated a little bit better by her masters, but did not want to be a slave for her whole life, but the thought of her running away, and leaving her kids is to much for her to deal with.
In Frederick’s story he wrote about the horrible Mr. Covey, he writes about how cruel he can be. One hot summer day, Frederick is very much exhausted and is going to pass out anytime soon. Once he just crashed to the ground with little to no energy, Mr. Covey told him to get up, but poor Frederick did not have the energy to even move a finger, so Mr. Covey brutally beaten him until he bled from his head and many other parts. Frederick had to face an internal issue if he wanted to live, either run away back to his master Mr. Thomas to seek comfort, and tell him about Mr. Covey or just to stay in Mr. Covey and endure all the punishments. Frederick decided to run away as fast as he can to Mr. Thomas, and seek assistance. Once he met up with Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thomas told him to go back to Mr. Covey, since Mr. Thomas insisted that Mr. Covey is a good man. Frederick moved back, but not to Mr. Coveys, but to his friends place. Once he saw Mr. Covey pass by his heart sank to his feet thinking that Mr. Covey is going to brutally kill him, but he did not. Once Frederick went back to Mr. Covey, he fought Mr. Covey, and he won gaining respect Mr. Covey’s, this fight solved Fredericks external problems with him.
Harriet Jacobs was a slave girl, who was owned by a decent owners who did not hurt her as often, unlike Fredericks. Harriet Jacobs had two children, that she loved dearly. She did not want to be slave and she did not want her children to be slaves as well, she faced a problem that was both internal and external, she did not want to be slave a slave so she wanted to run away from the house hold, but then if she did that her children would have taken her place in the plantation to be slaves, and be brutally beat for their mother’s crime. Harriet still decided to leave her masters any ways. He ran and ran and hid to make sure one could find her, but her masters are hot in her trail, her masters went to her grandmothers to find her children to take their mother’s spot in the plantation as a slave. Harriet’s daughter stayed with their aunty, but soon they were found out and sent to jail, this bothered Harriet very much, but Harriet’s sister said they are going to be fine, and she’ll take care of the kids well. This left Harriet with a little happiness in her heart.
I think that both Frederick and Harriet did the right thing, and stood up for their rights. Because if a person wants something they have to get it themselves, and if they really want it they must be willing to do anything.
In conclusion American was not such a good place before, and we all need to thank the people before us that gave their everything to turn a nation run by corruption, into a semi-safe haven. Without Fredericks, Harriet and plenty others courage, there might not even be a United States.
Slaves have shared many hard times under oppression and have the same thirst for freedom. For Frederick Douglas and Harriet Jacobs they were no different, they wrote narratives on their accounts of slave life that included different views over conflicts, attitudes and beliefs.
ReplyDeleteLife for Frederick Douglas and Harriet Jacobs was different in their conflicts. Fredrick Douglas is more independent and his narrative has with more external conflict. Harriet Jacobs’s narrative has a family but with more internal conflict. Harriet Jacobs is a mother with children, has contact with her grandmother and has friends. Frederick Douglas on the other hand has does not know much about family. Because Harriet Jacobs has a family it makes it hard to choose between self freedom and slavery united. Being independent and without a family like Frederick Douglas situation there was no option when choosing self freedom over family.
Frederick Douglas and Harriet Jacobs have different attitudes because of their different life styles. Harriet Jacobs was a woman with house jobs while Frederick Douglas was a teenage male capable of picking cotton on the plantation. Harriet Jacobs’s job was to care for the young and jobs around the house while Frederick Douglas worked sun up till sun down under the whip and poor food and water conditions. Because of this extra burden of making Frederick Douglas’ life harder, his resistance was more then Harriet Jacobs’ running away but fighting for survival against his overseer Covey.
Frederick Douglas and Harriet Jacobs have many beliefs. Frederick Douglas had two different beliefs that changes; he could find better conditions by showing the poor conditions and then believing in himself by fighting the oppression. In Harriet Jacobs’s situation she was tired of the consequences and ran away. Frederick Douglas, after beaten by covey until his head was bloody believed that conditions will improve if he ran to his master to report to be transferred. His belief changed when he got in a survival fight with Covey. Because both Frederick Douglas and Harriet Jacobs believed in themselves in overcoming oppression they were able to make their lives easier.
In conclusion the narratives of Frederick Douglas and Harriet Jacobs are different in their conflicts and attitudes but similar in their beliefs. Harriet Jacobs and her family creates an internal conflict where as someone by themselves does not have one. Also the different jobs between sexes for slaves change the attitude for Frederick Douglas. But Frederick Douglas and Harriet Jacobs believed in themselves in order to make their lives better. Knowing these narratives puts to question what were the attitudes and beliefs for the slave owner and overseer.
Fredrick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs are former slaves and abolitionists but both had suffered from the cruel social status that has been implied by the south due to owning them and abusing them. Douglass was rented out for a year to a religious man named Mr. Covey and he was harsh to the slaves and physically punishes them if they could not or would not do their work as they are told. Harriet Jacobs ran away to the north and left behind her children and her family. Both were slaves but there story of how they lived were very different.
ReplyDeleteFredrick Douglass was services were rented out for one year to a man named Mr. Covey. One day Fredrick Douglass had a heat stock and was resting in the shade under a tree. Mr. Covey was not pleased at this one bit and hit him and told him to get back to work. Fredrick tried with all his power but was unable to. Mr. Covey was furious and Fredrick ran to his master and told him that he might be killed if he stays with Mr. Covey His master said that Mr. Covey is a religious man and that would be out of character for him to do such damage that he was accusing Mr. Covey of. Fredrick Douglass went back to Mr. Covey but made a quick stop to a friend before. He was given a root that was told to have magical abilities. Fredrick Douglass went back to Mr. Covey and was safe for now. He then realized that he was not beaten because it was Saturday and Mr. Covey is religious .Then the next day Mr. Covey told Fredrick to come in this shed. Then Mr. Covey tried to tie Fredrick but no good. They started to fight for two hours and it ended with Fredrick Douglass winning. This gave Fredrick Douglass more confidence that ever since Mr. Covey never layer a figure on him ever.
Harriet Jacobs was also a slave but his mother was not. Her mother was planning to buy her and her children. But one day Harriet ran away from the plantation, her children, and her family. There were reward posters everywhere in town. She had to run all the way to the north to be free. Her family was tortured to give up her location but they could not get any leads. They were put in jail for a month. Her brother wrote a letter saying don’t come back or thing will just get worse for all of them. Harriet had to go through the pain of not seeing her family ever again, and the fact that her children are now motherless and fatherless.
The two former slave’s stories were very different. Harriet Jacobs’s story is more emotional for the fact that she is free but she can’t see her family and her kids anymore. Fredrick Douglass story was more pleasing because he fights his oppressor and wins. Physically Fredrick Douglass had more because there were bloody scenes and fights that occurred frequently. Harriet Jacobs story did not have as much.
Gianna Canamar
ReplyDeleteFredrick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs were two different people who had to face incredible hardships in there lives. And while there troubles were different, both had suffer the same fate of being born as a slave. In two narratives each describes an episode of their slave life in wich they had to overcome their internal and external conflicts.
Fredrick douglass's narrative "the battle with mr.covey" he tells of an incident during his time with mr.covey, who was consider the slave breaker.when Douglass was out working he collapsed of exhuation and the heat.unable to get up and work mr.covey kick him and threaten him. Fearful Douglass stood up and ran. He went to his actual owner and ask for help telling him that he returned back to mr. Covey he will kill him. Ignoring this he told him to go back or he would "deal with him" Douglass took refuge with his friend sandy he told him that he had to return but that before he left he take a magic root that would prevent him from getting beaten. Unconvinced of this possibility he return worried. On the day he return mr. Covey told Douglass what he had to do for the day and then he headed to church. The next day covey tried to beat him but Douglass this time defend himself. For three hours they fought until they both stop the rest of the time he spend with covey he did not lay one finger on.
In Harriet Jacobs the flight Harriet or as she calls herself in the narrative Linda, makes the decision to runaway since she knew that her master would use her children to have a greater hold on her.she knew they would suffer working in the plantation. She knew that if she left they would be sold there grandmother. Knowing her children will be motherless she left. She left in the darkness and rain and found shelter with a friend name Betty who hid her while they search for her. Her owner mr.flint to retrieve her put her children, brother and aunt in jail. Devastated by this she was willing to return to save her children. Her brother however warn her that she would ruin them and that it was better that she stay away. She took his advice and stayed away.
Douglass internal conflict was wether to believe that the root did have actual powers that would protec him. He would test the roots ability when he return. On that Sunday morning that he return everything he had expected did not happen. That day mr. Covey did not punish him. But that was not the true power, when Douglass fought against him, when he conjure the idea to face him that was the true ability. Douglass running away and his actual fight where his external conflicts. He ran away and continue despite his injuries and when he faced mr. Covey he stood againts him for nearly three hours.
Jacobs internal conflict was her decision to leave her children. She was devastated by the fact they would grow up without a mother, but she also knew they would suffer in the plantations if she stayed. Her external conflict was her running away and facing the possibility of being capture and facing the punishment of the fugitive slave act. Jacobs also had to deal with the fact her family was in jail because of her actions.
While their stories are different they both are the effects of the harsh realities of slave life. They both also saw running away as a way to escape this reality.
Fredrick Douglas and Harriet Jacobs were two former slaves. Their drive to be set free was a right that they should have been afforded from birth but were denied. They both speak about the same issue, but their stories are very different. Both Jacobs and Douglass lived most of their growing years in slavery and had to go through some of the harshest treatment any human being can imagine.
ReplyDeleteFredrick Douglas a slave. He struggles to free himself, mentally and physically, from slavery. In his story Douglas decides to fight back against Covey’s brutal beatings. He loses his desire to learn and escape. After all the brutal treatment, Douglas defeats Covey in a 2-hour fight and gains his silent respect. Fredrick Douglas is a humble and strong man.
Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery. In her story she struggles to protect herself from her master and is torn between her desire to run away from him and her need to protect her children. She runs away from the plantation and goes into hiding, leaving her previous life behind and taking the first step away from slavery. She is smart and brave.
They both went through tough times. They had same problems but different situations. Fredrick Douglas had to fight to get freedom and respect. Harriet Jacobs had to escape from all the madness. They both had an amazing story and a rough past. Its safe to say they were both heroes.
Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs two different narratives that lived two different slave lives, they both fought different battles that latter on threw the process they won victory.
ReplyDelete“The Battle with Mr. Covey” ensured When Frederick Douglass was sent my his master to Mr. Covey, Frederick was not feeling well and he was not working and Mr. Covey kicked him number of times and gave him a “heavy blow upon the head” and wasn’t able to stand up due to him being weak. Douglass decided to go to his master and ask for his protection but his master Thomas said to him “you belong to Mr. Covey for one year and you must go back to him” he also added that he himself would get a hold of him, which meant he would whip Douglass himself. Douglass friend Sandy gave him a route that would benefit him by facing Covey with not much fear. So Covey get in a fight that lasted quite a while and Douglass ends up beating Covey up which made his life much easier till he was release to a different person. Douglass builds self confidence with that experience.
“The Flight by Harriet Jacobs”was a bit different than Douglass Linda which was she had her master Mr. Flint she took the choice of running away because she had heard her master say that he would sell her children to her grandmother since they would be meaningless with her not being there anymore. So she ran away and was hiding in different places and her master would search for her and you make callings of her name, therefore her children got sent to jail with her brother and sister in law.
Douglass internal conflict was the fight with Mr. Covey if the Route that Sandy had given him would work out. And his external conflict was the actual fight with Mr. Covey.
Harriet’s internal conflict was her hiding and the consequences her children were going and where suffering.
Both Fredrick Douglass and Harriet A. Jacobs were slaves. In the stories “The Battle with Mr. Covey” and “The Flight” both of the slaves share the same situation. Not only were they required to show their belief’s but also to show their external and internal conflicts.
ReplyDeleteIn the story “The Battle with Mr. Covey” Frederick Douglass was assigned to live with a slave breaker name Mr. Covey. Mr. Covey would beat Douglass, and when Douglass came across a heavy beating from him while he was sick he decided to run away to his masters house and asked his master if could protect him. But Douglass’ master rejected him, he told Douglass to go back and to stop bothering him with his stories and threatening him. As he was leaving he runs into his friend Sandy Jenkins, after Douglass told Jenkins about what happened Jenkins gave him a root that was suppose to protect him. The root gave him confidence to face Mr. Covey. When he got back to the house he gets into a fight with Mr. Covey and ended up beating Mr. Covey. That made the rest of his stay there more peaceful. Douglass was put through a lot of physical pain but he also found confidence and strength.
Harriet A. Jacobs was also a slave that experienced the cruelty of slavery. In the story “The Flight” where Jacob hides her identity by using the name Linda She decides to run away and leave her children behind because she knew that her master would sell them to her grandmother since they would be useless without her anyways. Linda meets this white woman and gets help from her. But instead of having her children sold to the grandmother they were locked in jail with her brother and his wife.
The difference between the two stories is that Jacobs deals with more emotional pain while Douglass deals with physical pain. Both of them dealt with external and internal conflicts that affected their experience and emotions. Douglass’ internal conflict was that he struggled with whether or not the root that Sandy had given him worked or not. And his external conflict was the part where he got into a physical fight with Mr.Covey. Jacobs internal conflict was when she was debating on whether or not she should stay in hiding or just come out. Her external conflict was when her brother and children were put into jail because she was hiding and she didn’t know how to deal with it.
The stories of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs both have their differences in the episodes of slave life. Douglass shows how he can't support being treated like he aint nobody. When Douglass rans away from Coveys commands, he goes straight to his master Thomas. But later has to return and thats when he and Covey battle. At the end Doglass wins and he sees that now he might have some hope for freedom. These battle made him have self-confidence, have sense of his own manhood, and determined to be free.
ReplyDeleteBut in Jacobs narrative is way the opposite of Douglass slave life. She didn't fought back meaning to make some justice for how she was being treated. She instead escape and that's when she made things even worser. Her children were put in jail and so was her aunt. When she found out about this she wanted to go back but they told her to not if so she would be killed. Maybe if she wouldn't ran off things wouldn't have changed. Both narratives are different Doglass fights back but Jacobs escapes.
The internal conflicts of Douglass was when he battles Covey. The external conflicts was when he rans off to his master to see if he might help him. Jacobs internal conflicts was if she dared to abandon her children or involve her friends and family. The external conflicts was when she escaped from her owner and tried to avoid recapture.
Douglass attitude and views contribute to his credibility by getting him to be free. It all started when he fought back to Covey. If he wouldn't have done that maybe nothing would of have changed. Jacobs is when she basictly escapes and then realizes that she put everyone's life's in danger those that she knew and love. I feel like Doglass believe in the right to be free so he would do anything for it. For Jacobs its by running away and escaping everything its the way it would end. But the truth is it keeps going till someone stops it. I believe Doglass did the right thing because if he would let him whip him he might as well die. And for Jacobs I understand her she doesn't want her children to be sold and like she didn't have anybody to talk to and express what she felt.
Jacobs fought back by refusing/ignoring Mr.Flint's constant sexual advances and sexual harassment as a teen. Mrs. Flint also resented her & abused her. She hoped the kids she had by a white male visitor would make him want to take her away to live with him , but the guy did not do this, so she was just stuck there on the plantation facing more abuse. (read the book)
DeleteDouglass became free by risking his life again to escape slavery later. He dressed as a sailor to avoid detection.
DeleteIn Fredrick Douglas's case, the solution to his problems were solved by physically facing and fighting his "boss". After being beat terribly, Dpuglas ran off with resistance and determination to find help. Running to only get rejected, Douglas kept his determination in seeking for help. He didn't know whether to turn back home and face Covey, or keep himself hidden and away from him. As an internal conflict, Douglas had to search for advice. After being given a root, and much advice, Douglas decides to head back. Feeling confident, yet a little doubtful, he confronts Covey. But Covey only treats him well . Douglas felt pretty confident about being protected by the root, until of course, Covey starts to beat him again. Only them Douglas decided to fight back. Two hours of fighting, paid off, for Covey had some sort of respect for Douglas.
ReplyDeleteYet, in Jacob's story, Jacob had many internal conflicts due t to the many decisions she had to make. Choosing either leaving her kids and escaping, or staying so her mother could buy them. Jacob, like Douglas, settled out with courage and determination. Even though being eaten by the guilt and depression that came with the thought of leaving her children, she knew it was for the best.
Both Frederick Douglas and Harriet Jacobs were African Americans who were unfortunately born as slaves. Like all or most of the slaves, they suffered the cruelties from their bosses and they tried to find a way to get out of it. Douglas and Jacobs were both writers and they wrote narratives about their hard times as slaves. Even though they were both slaves they were both treated a bit differently, but they both seek for freedom and face hard obstacles to achieve them.
ReplyDeleteFredrick Douglass talked about his story in “The Battle with Mr. Covey”. Mr. Covey was Douglass boss who miss treated him. One day Douglass wasn’t feeling well and Mr. Covey did not care, he wanted Douglass to work. Since Mr. Covey saw that Douglass wasn’t in shape of working, Mr. Covey had a crazy idea of beating up Douglass. After the incident Douglass had the rage to go with his master to tell him if he can move him to a different place so he wouldn’t have to face Mr. Covey. Once his master herd the story he couldn’t believe Douglass because the mast was sure that Mr. Covey was a good man.
As Douglass saw no help from his master he turned around and received some advice from his friend who had a wife that was a free slave. His friend made him believe that some special root was going to protect him from Mr. Covey. Since Douglass didn’t have any more options he decided to do what his friend told him to do. The next day that he saw Mr. Covey he noticed that he did not threaten him, so he started to wonder is the magical root worked. But Douglass fate was too big, when he least expected he was having a two hour fight with Mr. Covey. After Douglass fight he achieved what he was determined to get, his freedom.
Jacobs wrote her story of getting freedom, but it did not have a happy ending in “The Fight”. She had owners that actually liked her and that wanted her to move in with them. Jacobs was a faithful slave but she grew tired of work as a slave and decided to escape when she had the chance. The day she went missing her boss went looking for her because she was basically the only slave he can trust. The day she escaped she knew she couldn’t take her family with her she had to leave them behind, but what she didn’t know was that they were going to end up in jail.
These two African Americans went through plain to get freedom and they learned how to succeed and learn things; like who to write and read, to show people what they went through. There is always something that you have to leave behind when you want to go forward for a better life. It takes sacrifice to achieve something, no matter what the thing is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEUiLGuIcq4
ReplyDeleteJacobs masters (Norcum) hated her She was sexually harassed and humiliated by the wife as well.