The Whipping Of Gordon Analysis

In comparison to John Brown, Douglass wasn’t as violent and his ways of helping the movement were by making lectures and preparing a newspaper titled, the North Star. As a former slave, Douglass had many reasons and background to add fuel to his words, which many took seriously and to heart. Using his words to his advantage, Douglass decided to create the North Star, hopefully to be solely written by the black community who felt the prejudice by others. Douglass hoped that the paper would succeed in planting his ideas, “the purpose of this paper…’will be to attack slavery in all its forms and aspects; advocate Universal Emancipation...promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the colored people; and to hasten the day of freedom to our three million enslaved fellow countrymen,’” (Miller 57-58). The North Star started to grow and become well known, the paper focusing on all kinds of issues, “abolitionism and other reforms were not the sole focus of Douglass’s paper. Just as important were issues of concerns to the free black community apart from antislavery,” (Miller 64). Besides using the newspaper, Douglass made speeches and lectures towards groups of people, many would come and listen to what he had to say about slavery. Douglass focuses on how slaves have suffered and how people should help them, and to not repeat mistakes made in the past, “What, then,

To Moore an image can depict so much, such as the pain, agony, and despair that most people during this movement had to experience. He followed the people fighting for their rights, he went to marches, when riots broke out he was there with his camera. He took some priceless photos that contributed to ending segregation. Some of his photos include police officers beating students, cop dogs attacking blacks, and worst of all the brutal hosing of African Americans. His purpose was to demonstrate society through his photos of the unfair and ruthless behavior that was shown toward African Americans.

In Frederick Douglass 's first autobiography, "Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass”, he provides a graphic portrayal of his childhood and disturbing experiences as a slave as well as his eventual escape to freedom. Douglass went through physical abuse, starvation, and mental fatigue during his youth, yet through unimaginable circumstances he was able to overcome everything and become a writer, newspaper editor, and most of all one of the most influential abolitionist. In telling his story, Douglass paints a realistic picture of slavery. Douglass 's narrative spells out the slaveholders ' tactics in simple terms while highlighting the moral inefficiencies and the damaging effects of slavery on both the slave and the slaveholder

The mother in the photograph catches the viewer’s eye at first glance, straight in center view with Lange’s lens. Due to the subject focus, the mother and her children, it is safe to declare that the mother knew the photograph was being taken although her eyes linger away from where Lange would be standing. With her children hiding behind her, looking down, the viewer is forced to look at their filthy hair and disheveled appearances. By not giving Lange or her lens their direct attention it forces those viewing the image to look at the subjects themselves and not make eye contact with them. By doing so it is easier to notice the stressed lines on the mothers face, the torn and grimy apparel hanging off of each person and the dirt covering the only visible child’s face, the baby in her

of imagery. Douglass told many stories about people and the things he saw during his time as a slave.

After reading Hidden Intellectualism by Gerald Graff, I have learned, a lot of key points. Graff has brought up a lot of great factors that contribute to the topic of Intellectualism, one especially between, book smarts and street smarts. Graff criticizes people who think those who are street smarts are not intellectual. He believed any person can make any conversation into an intelligent conversation. I agreed with the fact that people who are street smart are judged unfairly just because they are not interested in academic work.

The first event that was moving was when Frederick Douglass witnessed his Aunt Hester getting whipped. His Aunt Hester was a slave of Captain Anthony. Her master was very fond of her, so much to the point to where he would hang her up to a hook on the ceiling and make her stand on a stool as he whipped her. He whipped her due to her spending time with a male slave. These assaults scared young Douglass. He describes the whippings as bloody and the master showed no mercy. “I remember the first time I ever witnessed this horrible exhibition. I was quite a child, but I well remember it. I never shall forget it whilst I remember anything. It was the first of a long series of such outrages, of which I was doomed to be a witness and a participant. It

Frederick Douglass throughout his novel used imagery to explain in detail the exact pains they suffered as slaves including the deadly violence. In the novel Douglass explains various accounts of beatings he witnessed such as the deadly beating of Mary, “The head, neck, and shoulders of Mary were literally cut to pieces.” (Douglass 38). This helps the reader understand what Douglass and other slaves endured mentally and physically. Not only did Douglass witness the beatings, sometimes he was beaten. The multiple times that Douglass uses imagery

The purpose of Gordon’s account is to provide an account that list some of the hard choices soldiers make during war, and some comprises they must follow through on. Gordons account also reveals some weaknesses they had in the military department. They weren’t really organized for example the commanding officer is given unclear instructions that put him and his team at risk. Organization is key when I comes to war.

The portrait is a primary source photo of George Armstrong Custer during the Civil War. The photograph shows George Armstrong Custer sitting with his dog. George Armstrong Custer was a cavalry commander in the American Civil War. I will use this picture to show what he looked like during the Civil War.

This book follows Charlie Gordon, a 32-year-old man with an extremely low IQ. He becomes the subject of an experimental surgery to raise his intelligence, however, this experiment has only been preformed on mice. Written in the voice of Charlie, readers are able to see his progression through journal entries and progress reports.

During the civil war era the south had its myth of the plantation and the industrial north had a different myth for the plantation. Godfrey and Robert speak on this starting with the south. They say that the south’s myth was that the plantation was a realm with kind masters and happy devoted slaves. Robert even goes on to say that the myth was necessary to keep the system going. The images that go across the camera are important too as they depict images with slaves that are smiling and seem happy and content in their lives.

In the first chapter of the book Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick douglass gives us first hand stories about him being a young slave. Frederick was not allowed to go to his mother's burial and he did not know his own birthday as well both of which I find very crazy because everyone knows their birthday but for slaves that was a common occurrence, and to not be able to see your own mother's burial sounds awful. Douglass also witnessed the whipping of his aunt at a young age and he wrote about it in extreme detail, for any young child this must be scaring. The whipping was a punishment for Douglass's aunt because she went to see another slave from a different plantation, in my opinion this is a incredibly harsh punishment for trying to visit another slave. Douglass Says “It was a most terrible spectacle. I wish I could commit to paper the feelings with which I beheld it” (Douglass 4). Douglass says this when he is talking about his aunt getting whipped, he is saying that it was so bad to watch he could not even put his feeling into words. All of these events emphasize how bad it really was to be a slave and stripped of rights and to be treated like property.

“From the conclusion of the Civil War to the present moment, the hegemonic system of white supremacy has represented a ubiquitous challenge for survival for members of the black community (McLeod).” A lot of his images were inspired by Gordon Parks, a photographer that was popularized during the civil rights era that captured photos of the lives of black people. Scenes like the man teaching his son how to throw a punch was inspired by a photo parks took of Muhammad Ali teaching a young boy how to fight. Although it was inspired by parks, this scene symbolizes how black men are taught to fight. In another scene, Lamar show black men throwing punches in a uniformed fashion as if it was something that is taught scholastically. Another important symbol in this is guns. There is a scene of a young dark skinned boy pointing a gun in the distance. This symbolizes how darker skinned black people are viewed as more violent than other people. He also had a scene where a black man that was beaten up by police officers. This is apparent because of the blue and red lights flashing. This was to show that when we encounter law enforcement, there is a high risk of mistreatment for doing something small like not stopping all the way at a stop

To further enhance his opinion through “SCARRED” Nachtwey used certain photographic techniques that increased the impact of the photo. He used a black and white photo to immediately draw attention to the scars on the man’s face. Nachtwey makes the focal point the side of the man’s face instead of a portrait view (Anderson, 2013). The emphasis gives the photo a shocking quality that is both profound and heartbreaking. “If there is something occurring that is so bad that it could be considered a crime against humanity, it has to be transmitted with anguish, with pain, and create an impact in people - upset them, shake them up, wake them out of their everyday routine,” said Nachtwey (BrainyQuote.com).