Truth Speaks the Truth
As the uphold of slavery still existed, millions tried to escape the life of affliction, but only few could do so. In the early 1800’s, it became prominent that revisions were to happen sooner if not later in the United States injustice democracy system. After millions of slaves were shackled and strained, beaten and whipped, it was time to end the ceaseless hard labor from dusk to dawn and ensure rectification. Cries of help echoed through the air in forms of songs sung by the captive. One voice, by the name of Sojourner Truth, was there to answer the call. Once named Isabella Baumfree, Truth escaped slavery and became an active abolitionist and women’s rights activist who sought for justice among racial inequality. …show more content…
After 167 years, Truth’s words of wisdom still speak today for those without suffrage in copious less developed countries around the world. Thence, Truth was able to allure the trapped lives of millions through the literary devices of repetition and harsh juxtaposition. By emphasizing racial prejudice towards black women she hoped of rectifying a demand for equality.
In the speech “Ain’t I a woman?”, Sojourner Truth applies numerous examples of repetition to prove how black women endure their lives without suffrage. An example of this is, as Truth flows through her improvised speech, she rectifies each statement by contrasting it to the lives of superior whites; “And …show more content…
When Truth leads into her speech, she begins by sharing a short introduction on what life is like down south; She continues the story with, “That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere.” (Truth n.pag.). Truth quickly wastes no time following this claim with, “Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place!” (Truth n.pag.). By juxtaposing the way different races are treated it illuminates the forms of discrimination towards black women and furthers Truth’s point of inequality. Advancing into the speech, Truth declares a conversation she encountered, “Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman!” (Truth n.pag.). Sojourner Truth fiercely retorts this mans’ assessment of women's rights subsequently after stating how women should be placed inferior to men by reason of Christs’ male presence. “Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! (Truth n.pag.). Man had nothing to do with Him” By using juxtaposition, she builds evidence to as why women should be treated as equal as men. She alludes back the bible; a sacred book humankind accepts for how the world began, and uses it to depict a meaning much more powerful that people down South may
As the uphold of slavery still existed, millions tried to escape the life of affliction, but only few could do so. In the early 1800’s, it became prominent that revisions were to happen sooner if not later in the United States injustice democracy system. After millions of slaves were shackled and strained, beaten and whipped, it was time to end the ceaseless hard labor from dusk to dawn and ensure rectification. Cries of help echoed through the air in forms of songs sung by the captive. One voice, by the name of Sojourner Truth, was there to answer the call. Once named Isabella Baumfree, Truth escaped slavery and became an active abolitionist and women’s rights activist who sought for justice among racial inequality. …show more content…
After 167 years, Truth’s words of wisdom still speak today for those without suffrage in copious less developed countries around the world. Thence, Truth was able to allure the trapped lives of millions through the literary devices of repetition and harsh juxtaposition. By emphasizing racial prejudice towards black women she hoped of rectifying a demand for equality.
In the speech “Ain’t I a woman?”, Sojourner Truth applies numerous examples of repetition to prove how black women endure their lives without suffrage. An example of this is, as Truth flows through her improvised speech, she rectifies each statement by contrasting it to the lives of superior whites; “And …show more content…
When Truth leads into her speech, she begins by sharing a short introduction on what life is like down south; She continues the story with, “That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere.” (Truth n.pag.). Truth quickly wastes no time following this claim with, “Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place!” (Truth n.pag.). By juxtaposing the way different races are treated it illuminates the forms of discrimination towards black women and furthers Truth’s point of inequality. Advancing into the speech, Truth declares a conversation she encountered, “Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman!” (Truth n.pag.). Sojourner Truth fiercely retorts this mans’ assessment of women's rights subsequently after stating how women should be placed inferior to men by reason of Christs’ male presence. “Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! (Truth n.pag.). Man had nothing to do with Him” By using juxtaposition, she builds evidence to as why women should be treated as equal as men. She alludes back the bible; a sacred book humankind accepts for how the world began, and uses it to depict a meaning much more powerful that people down South may