Laurie Halse Anderson Quotes

Ann Maria Weems the main character in the book Stealing Freedom ponders on a question about the Underground Railroad. Ann wonders would it require more courage to be a fugitive, or the one who helped the fugitive to safety? I think that it takes more courage for the abolitionists because they have a lot more to lose, there safety is at risk, and they do not have to help do this. Most abolitionists are were white and lead enjoyable lives in which they had clothes, a house, food, and a family. If they were caught in the act of helping slaves to safety they would all lose all of this. If a person was caught hiding a slave in there house or helping transport a slave somewhere they could possibly be put to death. This takes is a big concern for

During the times times of when the founding fathers lived, the slaves they brought in suffered from the chains on their hands and being dragged by their owners. In the book, Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, the protagonist, Isabel, is one of those slaves. She was taken away from her home and was sold with her family when she was only 1 year old. Curzon is a slave who fights for the patriots in order to gain his freedom. Isabel and Curzon are bound by their chains from their lives. Even as their experiences may be different, they share many chains events that bind them together. This is shown through their scars, their quest for freedom, and their imprisonment.

When Isabel exchanges information with the Patriot soldiers and explains what she wants in return for the information, her actions and speech reveal she is determined to return home free. During her conversation with the Patriots Isabel says, “ I am in a position to trade with you sir… My sister and I were wrongfully taken from Rhode Island, and I mean to get us back there” (pg. 102). After overhearing Master Lockton’s plans against George Washington, Isabel decides to take the list of names of those involved in the plan to the Patriot soldiers because she was told they could help set her free. Unlike in the beginning when she feels hopeless and scared after being sold to be a slave again, Isabel has changed and is now determined to seek the freedom that was promised to her after the death of her former

The rebellion will weather like a vine cut off at it’s route. Cut off a vine and it will grow back, the mayor said. You must pull it out of the ground and burn it to ensure it is dead.“(Gold Buttons, and The Major 89). The Patriots think that way and the Loyalists think another but how do the slaves think of Freedom and Liberty. Isabel a slave in the book would consider freedom as not being a slave. She has been in bondage her entire life, so freedom to her is being considered a person, not property. Also being able to go find Ruth and to live and travel wherever she wants, to say whatever she wants to say. I think Isabel considers being free, having no chains holding her down, and having the same rights as a white man. I know this because Isabel states in the book chains,” If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? And if a girl wants to seek her freedom, how could she do a fool-headed thing? Especially a girl trapped in New York? Best thing would be to break into the desk of a British commander steal a pass and forge her name and his name on it and act free. And pigs were likely to fly, Plus, that girl seeking freedom would have to walk. “(Isabel 272) These quotes show what Liberty means the different types of people in the book Chains. Freedom and Liberty can make people do impossible things like having farmers and slaves fight against the strongest army that has never lost a battle. Freedom and Liberty is one crazy

The book Chains takes place during the Revolutionary War and is set in colonial New York. The main character, Isabel, is a slave for a Loyalist family. She and her sister were sold to them after her mother and her owner pass away. She makes friends with another slave, Curzon Bellingham, and is told to spy on her influential master. She operates in secret and constantly fears her owner, Madam Lockton, will catch her. She faces many troubles throughout the book, including her five year old sister being sold to an owner in another country. The book’s title signifies Isabel’s struggle with her independent soul being chained down by the others around her.

Speaking out is a tough task for many people that have dealt with horrible, traumatic situations. In the novel Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, the main character, Melinda, is one of those people who lost their voice. To be able to understand another person’s emotions, feelings, and situations is very difficult to do, especially because of how our society has formed and became a very judgmental place. Melinda Sordino starts her freshman year at Merryweather High School in Syracuse, New York, to a terrible start; she is a victim of a sexual assault and loses her confidents and voice to speak out. The more she interacts and makes new friends is how she starts to reach out and become more self-sufficient. Few weeks into school Melinda’s only

In the book “Chains” by Laurie Halse, it talks about a girl named Isabel, who was born as a slave. Isabel has faced many challenges in her life, ranging from her abusive witch-like owner Madame Lockton, to choosing whether to side with Great Britain or America. The old man Isabel calls grandfather, tells her, “Everything that stands between you and freedom is the River Jordan.” When talking about about the River Jordan, her grandfather means that Isabel must overcome her problems (the River Jordan) to find freedom and escape from the brutality of being a slave. There are many things that get in the way of Isabel on her quest to freedom, such as Madame Lockton, choosing sides, finding Ruth, and a potential way Isabel can find freedom. Each

as shown on pg 246, “In this quote she clearly states that she dislikes her lifestyle but finds no other way to escape this punishment then to run away. but she doesn’t only suffer from physical chains. Her mental chains affect her even deeper than her physical chains. She is bounded by her hope to find her sister Ruth who was sold away, evident on pg 132.” “She’s(Ruth) gone,’ Becky said ...’Where’...Sold ”. She also has a specific sense of freedom her from others. So even when she gets hurt over and over again Isabel takes initiative for her freedom. She spies for the rebel group, only to be betrayed by one of the higher-ups. Which later causes her to join the British cause who assured her freedom but is revealed to only take rebel slaves. She was betrayed twice and hurt more times then to be counted but yet she doesn’t give up that sense of freedom. She tries her

In the book 1984, Smith is trying to be an individual in a society that is ruled by Big Brother. as a consequence of him trying to be an individual, he is testing the rules of the party. The individual in an authoritarian society is forced to follow the rules and beliefs of the rest of the society.

My melancholy about the vicious effects of slavery lifted as I realized that people like Isabel and her friend Curzon were the real Americans, the quiet ones who fought battles every day and grew harder in the facial expression of opposition. They were willing to gamble everything for liberty, recognizing that it is more honorable to die fighting than to be in chains. Merely it is best to dwell free, in a world where we are all valued, in the world that our Founding Fathers and Mothers dreamed of, even if they weren’t hardy enough to make the journey in their

The 1700’s was a time of atrocious actions against slaves, and African-Americans in general. In Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson, we see some of these crimes, (at the time these horrible acts were perfectly acceptable along with hitting you wife as seen when Mr. Lockton violently hit Madam), against slaves in the viewpoint of Isabel, a thirteen-year-old girl who had not experienced the tribulations most slaves had. One heinous crime in the novel when Madam beat harshly her many slaves with her hands, a chair, a poker, a broom, and even a riding crop throughout the book causing a great deal of suffering to all slaves who came into her possession. In fact, Madam beat one of her slaves so severally, the poor slave’s arm broke and withered out

The book I read was called Chains written by Laurie Halse Anderson. This book was about standing up for your self even if you are not the biggest person or the most powerful person in the room. I think it teaches a lot of children a lesson. You can stand up for yourself, no mater what atmosphere you are in. A lot of people struggle with feeling not important and people can say what they want, because you don't matter. The author did a really great job of teaching that lesson.

Her grandfather dies from a scuffle with burglars. Eventually a frost came and killed off the fever. In the book Chains 13 year old Isabel is a slave in the time period before and during the revolutionary war. After wrongly being kept in slavery Isabel struggles to escape with her little sister. She is persuaded by a boy named Curzon to help the Rebel soldiers’ efforts.

In the novel, Speak by Laurie Anderson, A Tree is a symbolism that represents Melinda's current moods and thoughts throughout the scenarios in the story. The main character traits of this story are Melinda's thoughts, emotions, and reactions to high school and within the people in it.

Durning chains time it was illegal for slaves to have freedom they didn’t have any rights. Slaves had to listen and obey their masters. In the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson page 68 “ Make haste, girl,” she hissed. You didn’t start the fire. Why are you still abed?’’ “ Why are you dawdling so? She yelled. The floor in here is filthy, and the banister needs to be polished.” Isabel had to listen to what madam Locktons commands and follow her order. Slaves weren’t the only one that had to listen to rules even though you weren’t a slave you don’t have particular rights Pg 21 of Chains “ the table frozen. A person like Jenny did not speak to folks like the Locktons or Mr. Robert, not in that manner” even though you aren’t a slave. You had