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Running Head: LITERATURE ANALYSIS 1

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Final Discussion Question #1

Which one of these two African American authors, Frederick Douglass, in Narrative of the

Life, or Harriet Jacobs, in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, most clearly, most

definitively, most movingly portrays the experience of a former slave? It is up to you to

decide, so please defend your answer well.

Like all slave stories, Douglass's and Jacob's works epitomize the tension between the

clashing intentions that created autobiographies of the lives of slaves (Madden, 2009). Working

carefully around the genre desires created by and for their Caucasian audiences, very eloquent

African American scholars, for example, Jacobs and Douglass, discovered ways to individualize

their stories. They also found ways to tell of their experiences in their voices with the aim of

acquiring selfhood that must be balanced against the values and objectives of their audiences.

Regardless of the way that the two authors lived through various hardships while endeavoring to

accomplish freedom from slavery, sexual orientation affected the way they each experienced

bondage (Madden, 2009).

Frederick Douglass, in Narrative of the Life, recounts his experience from a man's point

of view. His life as a slave indeed shows the emotional aspects of his life, and it fundamentally

describes physical fights and triumphs. As a slave on the field, he was beaten and abused until

the point where he chose to face his master. This is the point at which his journey to freedom

starts (Douglass, 2015).

Harriet Jacobs, in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, states that that “slavery is terrible

for a man, but it is far more terrible for women (Jacobs, 2009).” Her account, then, is based on a

lady's point of view. Her narrative is to a higher degree an admission and an emotional because

of the story she wants to tell. She is embarrassed about herself when she expounds on the

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Running Head: LITERATURE ANALYSIS 1 Literature Analysis Student’s Name Instructor Institutional Affiliation Date LITERATURE ANALYSIS 2 Final Discussion Question #1 Which one of these two African American authors, Frederick Douglass, in Narrative of the Life, or Harriet Jacobs, in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, most clearly, most definitively, most movingly portrays the experience of a former slave? It is up to you to decide, so please defend your answer well. Like all slave stories, Douglass's and Jacob's works epitomize the tension between the clashing intentions that created autobiographies of the lives of slaves (Madden, 2009). Working carefully around the genre desires created by and for their Caucasian audiences, very eloquent African American scholars, for example, Jacobs and Douglass, discovered ways to individualize their stories. They also found ways to tell of their experiences in their voices with the aim of acquiring selfhood that must be balanced against the values and objectives of their audiences. Regardless of the way that the two authors lived through various hardships while endeavoring to accomplish freedom from slavery, sexual orientation affected the way they each experienced bondage (Madden, 2009). Frederick Douglass, in Narrative of the Life, recounts his experience from a man's point of view. His life as a slave indeed shows the emotional aspects of his life, and it fundamentally describes physical fights and triumphs. As a slave on the ...
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