Character Paragraph In Madam Lockton's Chains

Madam can be perceived as a greedy woman who undervalues women and portrays them as a merchandise. In the beginning of the story, Du Tenth had a Madam who was trying to manipulate Du Tenth into getting rid of Li Jia. At the time Li Jia had spent all his money to keep company with Du Tenth. Du, was touched by Li Jia’s actions and believed that a man that would spend all their money for her was someone who truly loved her. Nevertheless, Madam was angered that Li Jia no longer had money and was taking up all Du Tenth time. This affected Madam since Du Tenth was no longer making money for

Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs narratives are both very similar and yet are very different as they give different points of reference from the hardships African Americans faced during the slave era. Both of Douglass and Jacobs emphasize the need to keep family together and how far someone they knew would go to attain freedom or buy back freedom and how it really never happened. It was emphasized by slave owners to separate families at young ages which is known to be cruel and serves a purpose in the maturation of a slave. Although they both agree that slavery dehumanized slaves and depict gory images, these narratives come from two different perspectives; Jacobs-a female slave who had a happy sheltered child hood which lead to sexual and mental abuse, and Frederick- a male who knowledge was with held from and who was tainted with gory mental images at a very young age of slaves being beat right before him.

Mother Shipton is another madam from Poker Flat that is being exiled. She takes on the role of the "Mother" figure to Piney and The Duchess. At the beginning of the journey Mother Shipton is very loud and bitter towards the world. She would often use "bad language" and at one point expressed a "desire to cut somebody's heart out" (Harte 608). But by the end of the story, Mother Shipton has softened up and shows consideration towards members of the group that was never thought possible. She gives up everything that she has including her own life to try and save Piney. While they are camped in the

From the excerpt, Slavery in the Land of the Free, written by Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter, expresses the cruelties and statistical evidence to prove how Slavery affected many, and unfortunately still does to this day. Both author's’ main argument is to explain how an action can cause immediate reaction and change how things were first looked at originally; In which regarding to slavery. In this specific case, Sandra Beaden, a home-maker in Texas, offered an innocent girl named Maria from Mexico a job as a maid. Her parents intentionally thought this could be a good experience for their daughter. Little did they know, they were going to experience the worst they had expected.

Led by hypocrisy and morality, the lives of the owners in both novels are greatly altered negatively due to their relations to slaves. Brent concurs: “I can testify, from my own experience and observations, that slavery is a curse to the whites as well as to the blacks. It makes white fathers cruel and sensual; the sons violent and licentious; it contaminates the daughters and makes the wives wretched” (Jacobs 56). Brent makes a point to convey that all slaveholders are riddled with corruption inevitably. There are outright ghastly owners such as Dr. Flint who inflicts torture upon his slaves as if they are objects or animals. He often threatens his marriage by tempting the young Brent to engage in sexual relations with him, and punishing her when she does not comply. He is an individual whose nature is quite obviously affected by the atrocities of slavery and his fatal poison of power. However, Brent points out that even “kindly” slave owners such as Mr. Sands, betray slaves when it is convenient or profitable to them. Mr. Sands promises to free his slave children, yet his good intentions are forgotten when he encounters financial difficulties. This turmoil tempts him to sell his own children to gain a profit, proving that slavery destroys even the most basic emotional instinct; the love of a parent for their child. Moreover, Douglass’s slave

Since society states that she cannot be vindictive outright because she is expected to be a perfectly pleasant woman, she finds ulterior ways to go about doing so. One particular example of this is when she praises Tom for injuring her. She shows off her black and blue knuckle, saying, “‘I know you didn’t mean to, but you did do it. That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great, big, hulking physical specimen” (Fitzgerald 12). She subtly exposes Tom’s mistreatment of her in front of people, while falsifying her attraction to his physical nature.

As a slave, Charlotte is resistant to following orders given to her by her masters. At the start of the novel, Charlotte steals her master, Missus’, prized green silk. Charlotte seems to desire the green silk however, her daughter, Handful, learns to understand the true meaning behind her mother’s rebellions actions.

Imagine a place where the verdict of a rape trial stems from racial prejudice rather than the proper evaluation of proven evidence. This is Maycomb, Alabama, the strange, Southern town where Scout and Jem Finch grow up during the 1930s in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. In short, the novel travels a thin line between a light-hearted narrative of the siblings’ childhood with their single father, a defense attorney named Atticus Finch, and the injustices that arise within their close-knit community. The complexities include extreme racism, a peculiar social hierarchy, and general misunderstandings of certain people within the small town. These are all seen as “Maycomb ways”, almost as if they are considered facts. Through her writing, Lee conveys an important message that an essential part of a child’s education often takes place in a home or community rather than a classroom by utilizing the characters, Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape whom Atticus is defending.

As a slave, Charlotte is resistant to following orders given to her by her masters. At the start of the novel, Charlotte steals her master, Missus’, prized green silk. Charlotte seems to desire the green silk, however, her daughter, Handful, learns to understand the true meaning behind her mother’s rebellions actions.

Madam Lockton was the victim of domestic abuse by her husband. She had no way to fight back and she couldn’t leave or free herself from the abuse as she had no way to support herself as women in that era were almost totally financially dependent upon their husbands. She coped with this abuse by becoming an abuser herself. She, who lacked power in her relationship with her husband, had power over Isabel and she took her anger and helplessness out on her. Not only did she take her pain out on Isabel she also tried to blame all her pain on

because she too is a victim like many others in the play, but is the

    The renowned poet, Richard Lovelace, once wrote that "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage." Although many think of a prison as a physical building or a jailhouse, it can also be a state of mind. A great number of people are imprisoned mentally and emotionally. Charles Dickens expresses this message in his eminent novel, Great Expectations. This book is about a simple laboring boy who grew into a gentleman, and slowly realized that no matter what happened in his life it couldn't change who he was on the inside. On the road to this revelation, Pip meets many incarcerated people. Through these people, Dickens delivers the message that people can be

He cannot forget about it even though he was still a child at that time. This is a very personal collection of a young boy’s experience. Here is the awful flash when Douglass is often being awakened the dawn by the most afflicted cry of his own aunt. Douglass makes a special point of express the tragic sight of female slaves being beaten and abused. As we know, woman is a weak creature full of sensitivity. Douglass has witnessed the injustice and the cruelty toward a woman, his own aunt, and this will forever scar him. His world-view grew at that moment as he become aware of what outrages could be perpetrated against innocent women slaves. His depictions of women’s mangled and emaciated bodies are meant to incite pain and outrage in readers and points to the abhorrent nature of the institutions of slavery. Women slaves’ body technically belongs to their owners by law. On the other hand, this passage and the autobiography is records the brutality of slavery. Douglass’ aunt was not the only slave who was

The main players in the story are, Aaron Anthony. Aaron Anthony is Frederick’s first master, he is also believed to be his father. Douglass knows that his father is white but that is the only thing he knows about him. Aaron Anthony, shows no affection; common for slave masters but he is extremely harsh than other masters. He always ignored Douglass and beat slaves,including females slaves. He beats Douglass’s aunt for having ‘relations’ with another slave. At the young age he is,he was introduced to violence towards female slaves as well as female slaves being raped by their masters.

The first character we will discuss is Emily Shelby who is the wife of Arthur Shelby who is a Kentucky Plantation owner and the owner of Uncle Tom. Mrs. Shelby is a kind, loving, and Christian woman who is strongly opposed to slavery and takes it upon herself to treat them with most respect. Mrs. Shelby from a spiritual standpoint cares about her slaves relationship with God and teaches his word to them. Mr. Shelby and Mrs. Shelby treat the slaves with kindness but differ significantly in regards to slavery. Unlike other women of this time period, Mrs. Shelby stands by her views and morals regardless if her