The books Beloved and Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl both show a depiction of what slaves lives where like. These books show the lives of female slaves in particular. Although one book is fictional and the other an autobiography, they both share the same events and emotions. In the end both books help you see the same thing. This is mainly because of the many similarities that the stories have. One of the common things in these books is the portrayal of sexual violation. African American women were the targets of sexual exploitation for many plantation owners. In the book Beloved, Schoolteachers nephews approach Sethe in a barn and violate her. The nephews steal the milk that her body has produced for her daughter, and later when it
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In Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl, Linda decides to hide in the attic for years so that her children will sold instead of being put to work in the field for the rest of their lives. In Beloved, Sethe shows her love for her kids in a different way that can be hard to understand at first. To prevent her child from living an inhumane life of a slave, Sethe kills her child. She does this because she believes that dying is better than having to endure the live of being a slave. In both books you can see the effects that slavery has on these families. It forces both Linda and Sethe to do things that seem crazy to others. Linda risks her life and stays in a small space for years, and Sethe takes the life of her own child. While these two examples are different at first glance, you soon realize that they are both the effects of a mother’s love for her children. Slavery had devastating effects to families. Williams (2017) stated “Slavery not only inhibited family formation but made stable, secure family life difficult if not impossible.” (para. 2). Slave’s families were often broke apart due to family members being sold or children being taken from their
In Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl, Linda decides to hide in the attic for years so that her children will sold instead of being put to work in the field for the rest of their lives. In Beloved, Sethe shows her love for her kids in a different way that can be hard to understand at first. To prevent her child from living an inhumane life of a slave, Sethe kills her child. She does this because she believes that dying is better than having to endure the live of being a slave. In both books you can see the effects that slavery has on these families. It forces both Linda and Sethe to do things that seem crazy to others. Linda risks her life and stays in a small space for years, and Sethe takes the life of her own child. While these two examples are different at first glance, you soon realize that they are both the effects of a mother’s love for her children. Slavery had devastating effects to families. Williams (2017) stated “Slavery not only inhibited family formation but made stable, secure family life difficult if not impossible.” (para. 2). Slave’s families were often broke apart due to family members being sold or children being taken from their