Danielle Nichols
English 2202
Professor Allen
September 28,2016
“Ar’n’t I A Woman?” by Sojourner Truth
What is gender discrimination? Gender discrimination is wrongful acts towards a person based on their gender and sex. This is mostly common toward the female race. Since the early 1800’s the unfair distribution of rights towards women have been in effect. Men had the rights to do everything and women could not. It was the man job to work and fight in wars. The role of a woman was to stay home and take care of the house and the children. Women could not work and the education for women was limited. Women were looked down on when they wanted to go to school. They only had enough education to stay home and take care of the children. This …show more content…
She expressed herself with demandes and punctuation, which shows that she is very emotional. After every statements she closes with the question “Ain’t I Woman?” doing this sojourner 's audience became more engaged in her speech. The repetition of the phrase “Ain’t i woman” is to strongly emphasis how important women are, and to symbolizes her fight to equality which helps persuade her audience. The use of repetition give the audience rhythm therefore they become even more engaged. Knowing that majority of her audience are women and most of them have similar stories she continues to express her equality to men. She stated “ Look at me ! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!” using exclamations to make her claim she again closes with the question “ Ain 't i a …show more content…
This creates the effect of suffrage that women faced during the time of slavery. The pain of having her children taken away and then later having to deal with gender discrimination show that she angry. Sojourner also appeals to the audience sense of compassion by connecting with the mother. She states “ and when i cried out my mother’s grief, none but jesus heard me!” knowing that majority of the audience are mothers, sojourner hopes to evoke sympathy and
English 2202
Professor Allen
September 28,2016
“Ar’n’t I A Woman?” by Sojourner Truth
What is gender discrimination? Gender discrimination is wrongful acts towards a person based on their gender and sex. This is mostly common toward the female race. Since the early 1800’s the unfair distribution of rights towards women have been in effect. Men had the rights to do everything and women could not. It was the man job to work and fight in wars. The role of a woman was to stay home and take care of the house and the children. Women could not work and the education for women was limited. Women were looked down on when they wanted to go to school. They only had enough education to stay home and take care of the children. This …show more content…
She expressed herself with demandes and punctuation, which shows that she is very emotional. After every statements she closes with the question “Ain’t I Woman?” doing this sojourner 's audience became more engaged in her speech. The repetition of the phrase “Ain’t i woman” is to strongly emphasis how important women are, and to symbolizes her fight to equality which helps persuade her audience. The use of repetition give the audience rhythm therefore they become even more engaged. Knowing that majority of her audience are women and most of them have similar stories she continues to express her equality to men. She stated “ Look at me ! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!” using exclamations to make her claim she again closes with the question “ Ain 't i a …show more content…
This creates the effect of suffrage that women faced during the time of slavery. The pain of having her children taken away and then later having to deal with gender discrimination show that she angry. Sojourner also appeals to the audience sense of compassion by connecting with the mother. She states “ and when i cried out my mother’s grief, none but jesus heard me!” knowing that majority of the audience are mothers, sojourner hopes to evoke sympathy and