Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Third response
When Linda’s daughter is given a gold chain to wear, Linda gets upset at this matter for many reasons. First off Linda thanks her old mistress for the chain, but truly she despises the thing, for what Linda believes that chain symbolizes is the chains of slavery, and she wants her child to never feel the weight of that chain, even if it is made of gold. I agree with this comparison because the mistress is literally telling that child you are going to be a slave no matter what you ever do and let this chain symbolize your initialization into the world of slavery. The mistress knew what she meant, the only reason she chose the chain to be gold was so Linda would keep it, even if it symbolizes everything she hates, it is still worth a lot of money.
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Tony!
Good blog. I've got to say that I really agree with you about the comparison between the gold necklace and the chains of slavery. Also, I agree that the mistress made it look like she was telling Ellen that she doesn't have a choice... she is going to be a slave. But, one thing I thought differently was that I thought the mistress wasn't thinking about the symbolism of the necklace when she gave it to her. I thought she was giving it to her just as a gift. But, that's just me. Good blog, Tony!
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