Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl entry 4

As the book goes on, I really started to realize the consequences of running away from your plantation. When she escapes from the plantation and starts to live in a attic at her grandma's friend's house, Dr. Flint throws her kids in jail, hoping she would come back for them. But Linda knew these consequences and she didn't go back. For example "was about to risk everything on the throw of a die" ( Jacobs 97). She knew what could happen if she tried to escape and still did. But I would never abandon my kids like that. I wouldn't let others suffer for my mistake. Another thing I and all readers realize is something great ocurrs that makes life better for Jacobs. Not only were her kids in jail, and her kids were seperated from their dad. But things change when shes says "can it be that my children are free? I have not suffered for them in vain . Thank God!" ( Jacobs 111). Her kids were bought by their dad. They were finally free, something actually went well for Jacobs. What Jacobs did is one of the riskiest decisions I have seen in any book, but it worked, thankfully.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl entry 3

In later chapters, I noticed acouple of interesting things that were occuring. One thing that strike me as very interesting was the white men searching for the slaves in the Nat Turner rebellion. They had absolutley no idea what the slaves even looked like or even how to speak proper english! For example " We's got 'em! Dis 'ere yaller gal's got letters" (Jacobs 67). These men obviously are not the brightest. They thought the letter was about escaping when it was really letter to family and friends. But even an uneducated white man was trusted more than a educate black man. Another thing that was interesting was How Dr.Flint would physically assult her and scream at her in front of her kids. At the beginning I though Dr.Flint was just obsessed with Jacobs, but later on I realize he just flat out insane. For example " He caught him up and hurled him across the room" (Jacobs 82). He threw a five year old across the room, how cruel and insane could a person be. At first Linda Brent was Dr. Flints obsession, now shes' his addiction.