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American Literature (The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass…
American Literature
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Freedom of thought and its relation to feeling of personal freedom - When Douglass' master tried to stop him from learning to read and thinking freely, Douglass began to understand "the path from freedom to slavery" and became even more determined to educate himself (Douglass 20). Throughout the book, Douglass established a connection between freedom of thought and personal freedom, showing that the ability to read and think freely allows one to gain a sense of individuality, and escape the
mental
chains of slavery. This is a key element because it remained relevant during the entirety of Douglass' path towards freedom.
irony
Self views
Passing
self-identification and race
fear
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Motivation through money -
The use of division to create unity throughout the book
Identity fusion - this element stood out the most to me after finishing the reading of
Pudd'nhead Wilson
. Upon considering Wilson's shift in the public eye from idiot to genius, I thought about the difference between the way that Wilson thinks and the way that the townspeople think. The townspeople allowed their collective opinion to exist and then to sway over the course of the book. This was an example of a collective group thinking and evaluating the world around them, rathen than individuals thinking and forming opinions for themselves.
Racial identity
fingerprints
dialogue - The dialogue in
Pudd'nhead Wilson
was a key element of the book. Twain wrote the dialogue of black characters in a stylistically different manner than he did the dialogue of white characters. This choice from Twain has a large impact on the way that the reader experiences the book, which makes the element especially impactful. When black characters spoke, words were abbreviated or misspelled. This made it more difficult to read and understand the dialogue of characters like Roxy, and gave black characters a very specific tone. This tone was uneducated and almost wild, and certainly had an impact on my impression of the black characters as a reader. Twain's use of dialogue as an important literary element made the division between black and white people in that time period and setting very clear.
satire
Beloved
Motherhood
relationship between love and slavery
words and their weight
rememory
personal trauma
ghosts - haunting spirits
trees and symbolism
personification - the house as a character