Douglass was separated from his Harriet Bailey, his mother, soon after he was born as he tells us through his writings.
- ¨Never having enjoyed, to any considerable extent, her soothing presence, her tender and watchful care, I received the tidings of [my mother’s] death with much the same emotions I should have probably felt at the death of a stranger¨
In Chapter I of the Narrative, Douglass explains that his master separates him from his mother soon after his birth. This separation ensured that Douglass did not develop a family bond toward his mother. Douglass talks about how a slave is “shaped,” beginning at birth. He explains the ways by which slave owners alter social bonds and the natural processes of life in order to transform men into slaves. This process begins at birth. Slave traders first remove a child from his family, and Douglass shows how this destroys the child’s support and sense of a personal history.
In this quotation, Douglass uses adjectives like “soothing” and “tender” to re-create the childhood he would have known if his mother had been present. Douglass often recreates this assertion in his narrative in order to contrast normal stages of childhood development with the quality of development that he knew as a child.
His focus on the family structure and the awful moment of his mother’s death is typical of the conventions of nineteenth-century sentimental narratives. The destruction of family structure would have saddened readers and appeared to be a signal of the larger moral illnesses of the culture. Douglass, like many nineteenth-century authors, shows how social injustice can be expressed through the breakdown of a family structure. Douglass became deeply engaged with the abolitionist movement as both a writer and an orator.
Answer:
The correct answer is <u>B</u>: Aunt Zeze is misunderstood and even though she loves her nieces, she experiences great personal unhappiness.
Explanation:
<em>Aunt Zeze's Tears</em> is a Brazilian short story, written by Emilia Moncoroua Bandeira de Mello.
Aunt Zeze is a young woman who got old prematurely because she dedicated all her life to her nieces. She is misunderstood by her family, they laugh at her, as she did not have a proper youth because she decided to stay with her sister and nieces, so she still dresses like a teenage girl and has her dreams and unfulfilled ambitions.
Zeze fell in love with a friend of her brother-in-law named Monjardin who writes a poem to her. While listening the poem, Zeze realizes that she is too old to fell in love and she will never find her happiness.
The correct options are "<span>the inevitable conflict between cultures in America" and "Wook Kim’s difficulty understanding the culture of his adopted home</span>". <span>The poem begins with the words one through eight scattered randomly across the page, representing the eight times Wook Kim was shot and conveying the senseless, violent nature of his death.</span>
1. a map on the wall
2. helping
3. linking
4. unrealistic
5. garbage and slush
