Many people know a lot about slavery, but most people just think these topics include people who have done their best trying to explain their experiences. They are not just people; they are authors who most of the readers worldwide know. Three of the authors are Eudora Welty who wrote “A Worn Path”, Fredrick Douglass which wrote “Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass”, and finally martin Luther king Jr who had a very interesting article about injustice and slavery. These three authors all have one thing in common which is experiencing slavery. Martin Luther King Jr. even tried preventing it and made protests about it.
Eudora Welty was an American author of short stories and novels about the American South. Welty wrote " A Worn Path" a short story gave many of people a perspective of how a slave spends/lives her/his life with all the …show more content…
The title "a worn path" because she used/had this path more than a few times. She is an old lady, which is even harder with age. She has a family but they are far away, so that makes her story a little sad. She can't afford a headband that's how bad her situation is. She is definitely a stubborn woman who will not allow others or life to dictate to her to what she should be doing. She is dedicated to her grandson. Because of the long journey Phoenix is taking, she encounters many physical conflicts with herself. She is very old and small and walks with a cane.
Douglass wrote several autobiographies. One of this famous autobiographies that he wrote and people enjoyed was "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass". In this autobiography shared his own experiences as a slave which also both Eudora Welty and Martin Luther king Jr experienced as well. When reading his autobiography it's obvious that Douglass has an ambition to become a free man. The word "freedom" to slave was like a dream they could never have. It was very hard for slaves to
Eudora Welty was an American author of short stories and novels about the American South. Welty wrote " A Worn Path" a short story gave many of people a perspective of how a slave spends/lives her/his life with all the …show more content…
The title "a worn path" because she used/had this path more than a few times. She is an old lady, which is even harder with age. She has a family but they are far away, so that makes her story a little sad. She can't afford a headband that's how bad her situation is. She is definitely a stubborn woman who will not allow others or life to dictate to her to what she should be doing. She is dedicated to her grandson. Because of the long journey Phoenix is taking, she encounters many physical conflicts with herself. She is very old and small and walks with a cane.
Douglass wrote several autobiographies. One of this famous autobiographies that he wrote and people enjoyed was "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass". In this autobiography shared his own experiences as a slave which also both Eudora Welty and Martin Luther king Jr experienced as well. When reading his autobiography it's obvious that Douglass has an ambition to become a free man. The word "freedom" to slave was like a dream they could never have. It was very hard for slaves to