¨Up From Slavery¨ by Booker T. Washington an autobiography of his life of how he was born a slave and later became one of the most influential people in history also a founder Tuskegee Institute. Washington make is clear that his book was made for a white audience, in the story he tells us how slaves cared and worried for the loved ones of those who owned them. Next we see for the first time a race will experience education. And finally he wanted for his people not to feel ashamed of who they were. This paper will reflect on how Washington tried to make his book for mainly a white audience. Compassion and tenderness, is what the slaves showed towards their masters loved ones. This is an example of how white people were showed kindness and
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We see that slaves were not allowed to learn how to read. Experiencing education for the first time was a big deal for newly freed slaves. We see this in the story when Washington first starts going to school ¨This experience of a whole race beginning to go to school for the first time, presents one of the most interesting studies that has ever occurred in connection with the development of any race¨(711, Washington). It is one of the most interesting studies as it says in the quote because we see a race that have never experienced education will finally get to see what education is. This is an example of white people not wanting to educate slaves. I see this as irony because a man who was born a slave as Washington got an education and became an important person in history. This is what I think about the education of a race as a whole. We see that white people did not want to see slaves educated and when slaves were freed most wenr to get an …show more content…
¨No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top¨ (717, Washington). I think that is what he means because of how he started, he went from being a slave to an influential people in history. He was not ashamed of saying that he was a slave. Like him many people from his race worked their way up, they worked hard to achieve their goals. Many reached their goals and respect from people. This shows what the freed slaves had to do in order to get the respect of white people. White people started respecting those who were once
We see that slaves were not allowed to learn how to read. Experiencing education for the first time was a big deal for newly freed slaves. We see this in the story when Washington first starts going to school ¨This experience of a whole race beginning to go to school for the first time, presents one of the most interesting studies that has ever occurred in connection with the development of any race¨(711, Washington). It is one of the most interesting studies as it says in the quote because we see a race that have never experienced education will finally get to see what education is. This is an example of white people not wanting to educate slaves. I see this as irony because a man who was born a slave as Washington got an education and became an important person in history. This is what I think about the education of a race as a whole. We see that white people did not want to see slaves educated and when slaves were freed most wenr to get an …show more content…
¨No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top¨ (717, Washington). I think that is what he means because of how he started, he went from being a slave to an influential people in history. He was not ashamed of saying that he was a slave. Like him many people from his race worked their way up, they worked hard to achieve their goals. Many reached their goals and respect from people. This shows what the freed slaves had to do in order to get the respect of white people. White people started respecting those who were once