In fact, he only saw her a handful of times before she died. ... Auld had never owned a slave before and was initially much k! ... She had covered only a few letters when Hugh Auld became aware of her lessons and he became infuriated. ... He obtained from them lessons in reading, which he deemed much more valuable than the food. ... This book in particular served not only as a lesson plan, but also as a new viewpoint that put the slave in a position of power. ...

• Word Count: 1333
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He never knew her in his older years, however, because she died when he was only seven or eight. ... In slavery it was very common, before puberty, for a slave child to play with the master's children. ... He ordered her to cease these lessons at once. ... Douglass later had this to say of her, Nature made us friends, but slavery made us enemies.# this taught Frederick a very valuable lesson. ...

• Word Count: 1368
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

She once walked in on School Teacher giving his pupils a lesson on her animal characteristics. ... Before Baby Suggs's passed away, she reminded Sethe that love is an emotion that cannot be felt because it leads to depression and sadness. ... Only her third child, her older daughter, dies, her throat having been cut with a handsaw by Sethe. However, after Sethe's act of homicide, Baby Suggs sinks into great depression and eventually dies. ... The past comes back to haunt him from this point on and will so until he dies. ...

• Word Count: 2030
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

These people before hand, especially Sethe, dealt with prejudice, but that was just a little aspect of it. ... She knew living meant hell on earth, so dying was the only way for her children to know freedom. ... I knew this before, but I honestly didn't put it together until I began writing this paragraph. ... We learn a lot of life's lessons through others and not just books or lectures. ...

• Word Count: 1629
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Douglass gave bread to white children for lessons. ... He faced emotional struggles knowing that his grandmother who was the only mother figure he knew and who was considered too old for any work had been evicted from her cabin and sent into the woods to die. ... We may all fail before we succeed. ...

• Word Count: 1886
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School