Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl entry 1

It is absolutley crazy how Linda Brent doesn't tell her grandomother about the abuse shes is recieving from Dr. Flint. If that was happening to me, my grandmother would be one of the first people I would tell! It seems as if Linda doesn't want to tell her grandmother because she is scared of the consequences of telling her. Linda says "I would have given the world to have laid my head on my grandmother'ss faithful bosom, and told her all my troubles. But Dr. Flint swore he would kill me"(Jacobs 28). She knows that if she tells her grandmother then she will abused physically and sexually even more than shes was being before. I agree with Linda, though I don't think there would only be one person to worry about, I think her grandma would be extremley angry and may scream or even strike at Dr. Flint. It is amazing how much plantation owners do not tell their slaves. She explains how one slave thought " America was governed by a queen to which the president was subordinate" (Jacobs 45). It is sad and astonishing how uneducated and unaware some slaves were of what was going on in heir country. I think the reason they wouldn't tell slaves what was going on waas they thought they would be less likely to run away if they had no idea where they were going. And what they were getting themselves into. The way Jacobs writes is unique and gives the reader an interesting view on how bad slavery was.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl entry 2

The first couple chapters of Incidents in the of a slave girl are very fascinating and interesting. Its so astonishing and sad how much power Dr. Flint has over her. For example, Jacobs can't have a husband that  Dr. Flint doesn't approve of. Dr. Flint says "If you must have a husband, you make take up with one of my slaves" (Jacobs 30). Jacobs has virtually no power whats so ever and how perverted Dr. Flint is.  Dr. Flint won't let her marry the man because he wants her for himself.  Another interesting thing is, Jacobs is very calm when she is talking about her horrible experiences. For example Jacobs couldn't even give her two kids her father's name. She says, "Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name" (Jacobs 80).  Its sad and dissapointing how she wants her kids to have their father's last name but won't get it. This is a little thing that we all take for granted, we have no idea what it would be like if we didn't have the benefit of having our father's last name. I think Jacobs should show her emotions more in her writing, and I wish D. Flint did have as much power. As Kanye west song "Power" says "No man should have all that Power".