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Post by Sgarlato on Oct 27, 2013 21:56:53 GMT -5
Stephen Sgarlato Mr. Thomas English 11 10/27/13
A. I agree with Frank’s comment about how we can compare today’s word to the first page. It is exactly the opposite. Nobody looks out for one another to the extent that these people do. It says that when the “grown” people go out thee neighbors watch for bad people which isn’t really true. In today’s word everybody watches out for themselves.
I. To answer Eoin Tunney’s question about why Equiano gets moved around so much I would say that it was financial purposes or just business. Slavery is a business and slaves get moved around not because they are unhappy or not doing well but because some families desire a certain amount of slaves and can afford to buy them.
C. The only thing that confused me was the fact that the slaves where willingly getting captured. I’m not really sure of how slavery worked besides the fact that it was cruel and demeaning but where the slaves allowed the fight back or where they too frightened to do anything about it.
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Post by etiennem15 on Oct 27, 2013 22:00:59 GMT -5
Marvin Etienne Mr. Thomas English 11 28 October 2013 Equiano A. This was a really sad and depressing reading. I can relate to Equaino in a sense because I have an older sister and I've never been separated from her at all during my life. It would really make me angry and depressed if I were ever forced away from her, especially in Equaino's case with slavery. I can't even begun to imagine how it would be to be ripped apart from my sister because we've been so close since I was born. On the other hand, when he is reunited with his sister, it showed the beauty of their relationship and how much they cared for each other. I really enjoyed that part when they crossed paths again. D. A quote that stood out to me was "the only comfort we had was in being in one another’s arms all that night and bathing each other with our tears” (56). This really hit me because it shows how grueling and how brutal the slave journey was. It is hard to fathom as to why human beings were treated in such a manner. They were even treated as property. How can you sell another human being? How can someone's life have a materialistic value or gain to another person? Luckily in today's society, such behavior is not allowed. I. I agree with a Matthew Chan when he says that discrimination is still present today. It's not as blatant as it was several decades ago, but you can still see bits and pieces of it today. It's small things that people say and do in today's society that really shows how itmohe lo exists today.
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Post by michaelannunziata on Oct 28, 2013 9:54:31 GMT -5
Michael Annunziata Mr. Thomas English 11 10/28/13 A. I can relate to this passage because like the reading; discrimination still does happen a lot in todays world. Although it has improved and it is improving every second of every day it is still bad and people still are very racist, and this has a very big impact on peoples lives. For some people racism has caused them to kill themselves. And its not just the big picture that hurts people it’s the little things like the name calling and even just making fun of what people eat. C. One thing that has had me confused throughout the story was that Eqiouno was always sold to different people so quickly. The owners of him barely even got a chance to get to know him and whether or not he is good and they sold him already. I mean I can see if maybe he wasn’t a good hardworking slave but they didn’t even give him a chance to take advantage and get used to his new envirement. How do you expect to him to be a good slave if he hasn’t gotten to know his surroundings. I. I agree with Mike Adams with not liking that the boy was separated from his sister because like Mike i also have a younger brother and although we do not always see eye to eye still love my little brother. Without my little brother I honestly don’t know where I would be in my life whether its me bossing him around or me just helping him out.
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Post by fotia15 on Oct 28, 2013 22:04:52 GMT -5
Anthony Foti
e. " Neither of us could speak, but for a considerable time clung to each other in mutual embraces, unable to do anything but weep." Super happy/sad moment of this story. It made me feel very upset because i could never even think about being stripped away from my brother for that long and then randomly finding him again. I would probable be devastated in that moment. This moment also reminded me of the past book we read about the lady being captured by the indians. That moment when she gets reunited with her family again is a super powerful moment. Its a moment that is shared between these to character that strike right to the heart. a. You really start to feel for olaudah equiano. He put there alot of troubles for a 10 year old. "in a moment seized us both and without giving us time to cry out or make resistance they stopped our mouths and ran off with us into the nearest wood." This honestly is a terrible thing for any young person to go through. At a young age like that, traumatic events like that can fuck up your life mentally and physically.
c. How did he pay his way out of slavery... how does that make sense...?
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Post by rodriguezj15 on Oct 28, 2013 22:11:16 GMT -5
Joel Rodriguez Mr. Thomas English 11 October 28, 2013 Equiano, Part 1: Pg. 52 & 55-57 I. To answer Matthew Ko’s question on why Equiano was always sold, he does not blame God. There is not a real answer to this question. They probably didn’t need a slave or they probably just needed the money, but one thing for sure, is that the narrator does not blame God. This is important because this is a piece of neoclassicism and religion is barely alluded to. But the narrator hints he thinks his misfortune comes from fate in this line on page 55, “But alas! Ere long it was my fate to be thus attacked and to be carried off …” D. One of my favorite lines from this narrative so far is, “Our meeting affected all who saw us, and indeed I must acknowledge, in honor of those sable destroyers of human rights… (pg. 56)” This is a very touching moment in this story because he is reunited with his sister. The moment is so powerful that it reaches the hearts of “those sable destroyers of human rights”, which is by far the best description of slave traders. B. Despite being a story about being a slave, this narrative seems pretty blissful. It seems like a feel good story compared to the narratives of the Puritans. But there is a sudden tone shift in the last paragraph in the line, “such instances of hardships and cruelty continually occurred as I can never reflect on but with horror… (pg. 57)” which is foreshadowing something bad is going to happen.
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