The Invention Of Wings: Slavery

I am personally not into history books very much and this book reinforced that fact. I am though interested in history though, and that was what kept me going with Slave Country. Even though the read was slow and at times hard, the information that was being told was that of a newly formed nation and the beliefs of freedom were at that particular time. It is interesting to learn all of the facts, which this book so prevalently has, but it was more rewarding to have a knew found idea of how hard of a struggle it was to gain freedom for slaves and to form a nation that has evolved in to what it is today. If I happened to come across someone interested in the field of history I would definitely recommend this book because it is an eye opener, but the the average person most likely

There were a few points in this book that taught me about life and how crazy it can be sometimes. The photographer named Fulgencio was very afraid of hitch hiking to Mexico City with a stranger, especially with all of us expensive equipment. On the ride, Fulgencio is so paranoid that the guy is going to kill him, he grabs a machete out of the back of the truck. In doing so he gets kicked out of the car and loses all of his photography equipment anyways. This taught me that we need to trust each other more, Just because there are a few crazy people in the world, we shouldn't let them give us all a bad name. I mean, the guy picked Fulgencio up when he was in desperate need of a car, and gives him a ride. He should have been thankful, not picked up a machete and threaten the guy. Another thing this book taught me was that just because your sister doesn't want your kid anymore because she

Slavery is a disappointing example of inhuman behavior, a dark past in our history books. Two stories demonstrate the cruelty of slavery while living on a plantation. “Harriet Tubman” and “The People Could Fly” give two different encounters on the topic of slavery. “Harriet Tubman” is a biography and “The People Could Fly” is a historical fiction. Both would make one wonder, what is there to live for when freedom does not exist in your life? The two different genres of books are able to give readers an understanding of how heart-wrenching and depressing life of a slave was. Both show the family of slaves taking care of one another. They show the family bonds even though the slaves are going through harsh conditions

This book relates to American history by showing you the perspective of both sides. The side of Lincoln who wanted to do nothing but great things for this nation and the side of John Wilkes Booth who had a terrible plot to kill a great man. While reading this book I learned how Abraham Lincolns job was far from over after the civil war, he had to convince the American people that the war was for the benefit of the country because the war was the most brutal the nation had ever seen. I would recommend this book to any student interested in American history because it shows some key events in the civil war and shows how Lincolns point of view was not what was better for

Having no rights, being owned by other people, and being punished as your “master” sees fit. This was the reality for many people around the world in the early 1800 's. In the novel The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, this is illustrated clearly from the views of a white woman, Sarah Grimkè, and the perspective of a black woman, Hetty “Handful” Grimkè who was under the Grimke’s ownership. Sarah opposed the way of life for Southerners in Charleston where slavery was a common occurrence in every white’s household. With her abolitionist views, Sarah treats Handful as if she was any other white. In The Invention of Wings, slavery is seen from two perspectives: one is from the whites who see it as necessary and useful to have

     I then decided to ask my parents about the book, since they might have known more about this problem since they had more life experience then I had. As it turns out, they were misinformed as well. As we discussed the issue, it became apparent that their collective knowledge of slavery was very limited as well. They thought that child labor and below minimum wage salaries were slavery, which they are not. When I told them what was actually happening in different parts of the world, they assumed the same feelings that I had, outrage at the inhumanity, sorrow at the ordeals that these people had to endure, and a feeling of helplessness concerning the abolition of modern-day slavery.

This book Changed me because it changed how I viewed society

I am reading The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, and I am on page 300. This book is about two young girls who evolve into women, Sarah and Hetty ‘Handful’, one white and one black. The two women are living and experiencing turmoil, poverty, and oppression during a time of slavery in the Southern region of the United States of America. In this journal, I will be predicting and evaluating.

In my view this is a very worthy source of historical information and argumentation of work. It shows us all that blacks had to go through to survive. As well as how much they suffered. All blacks worked for where the whites which they were always mistreated, not payed enough. They were poor and had lots of family to feed. Many of the kids like Essie Mae had to work for a very low pay but it helped them not starve. It made us see later in the book of all the killings of blacks that were happening. They were all too afraid to speak up and do something about it, but not Essie Mae. During her time trying to help out and win blacks their freedom a lot happened that is still talked about today.

Prior reading this book, I had very little knowledge about the Slave Rebellion that took place at the Stono River. I was also not very open-minded about the book. As I started reading, I started to get really engaged to the book. What really made me want to keep reading was the fact that the author was continuously looking for answers to this event. We also find out that there are different sides to this story. As he provides us previews of the different stories, I began to get very eager in finding out what they were and why were there so many to begin with.

Going through the certain struggles that black people had to endure makes us value freedom even more. Douglass learns how to read and write in a world that discriminated skin colors. Through Douglass's journey, he shows how he started learning through his mistress until she realized that by instructing him, she was giving him power. Of course his master had tried to stop Mr. Douglass from reading and writing but it was too late. It was very fascinating the consequences that he had of his education.

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, is going to be one of my all-time favorite literatures to read. It show us the horror of slavery and most importantly it shows the people of his time, a vivid and very moving account of the gruesome nature of antebellum slavery while highlighting the courage of one man struggle affect it had and the weight of injustice carries. I knew who Mr. Douglass was, and I had a very limited view of his life. But his narrative speaks so much volume. You can see from the very start of his narrative, Mr. Douglass uses an authoritative tone of voice while also giving us a logical analysis of every account of slavery he had from his earliest memories from childhood until the time he finally escape from slavery, or that of the one of others slaves he choose to tell. It is literately impossible for anyone of any race to read and fully comprehend Mr. Douglass interpretation of slavery without having an emotional out pull because of the sickening horror of slavery he brilliantly

This novel gives a very realistic picture of slavery of the African-Americans. Marriage and Slave families were rarely recognized by the slaveholders. When slaves did get married, the risk of being separated was always there because of the economic needs of the slaveholders. Although, childbearing was encouraged, so

This novel was really good.It was a great American Southern spiritual journey The Southern folksy language made me feel more in the story. In the novel, there were many great themes, such as language, society and class, love and relationship versus independence,jealousy, and gender and appearances. Language was used very different for the men and women in the novel. Women were intimidated by the men into submissive silence

The book “American Slavery 1619-1877” is a book on slavery unlike anything I have ever read. Most books on slavery look at it through extremely common perspectives and have flooded the nonfiction genre. However, the author, Peter Kolchin, decides to show the reader that his studies on slavery are different from any previous study done. He brings up a lot of arguments that were actually thought to be unarguable, and shuts them down. It is miraculous to think that someone finally got to the very root of American slavery and can finally give Americans of today a real feel for the reasons behind slavery.