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my topic is whether or not someone changes when they own a slave. In my opinion I think they do because after you treat humans like that you forget how to treat people you consider human. i think that my central argument is that humans shouldn't own other humans and treat them that way. When you treat someone so awful you get use to it and you lose that since of being a person.  At first you feel bad but then you get use to it. like If you Argue with your parents. at first you feel bad and don't want to do it again and then the second time you start liking it and after awhile you get use to it and don't feel bad and just think of it as a way of life. this doesn't make it okay nor does it make life better for either one. I feel like if you own a slave the first one would maybe be treated better then the last ones. You don't think anything of it until someone tells you its wrong and gives you reasons why its wrong and  kind of brings you back to how you should truly treat people.

Question and coments on the end(:

oh my goodness this reading was a really great one. what i got out of the ending was that Douglas is free and he gets married. I found this very amazing because marraige is a great thing to me and i love how people get married and just start a new life with others(:
Question: who is anna? is she his wife?
comment. i am proud of them(:

questions and comments....

Question: why is everyone else paid but those 4?
Comment: Mr. Freeland is a really Respectable guy(:
Question: Why didnt Douglass think of this earlyer?!
Comment: i was really upset when all of them got caught and were sent to jail to be judged but guys mean masters
Question: What is Douglass going to do with his life?
Comment: how much is a doller fifty now-a-days?

REsponse to reading up to page (52)***%#*#(@_)#()$%&@#)%&_

on page 45 Douglass talks about getting freedom. He tells his fellow slaves because he believes that they are one and if one does one thing the others do the same in the same way. he has developed a strong trust with them and i really like that because now Douglass is starting to make friends and having somewhat of a family. this makes me want to jump up for joy because he trust those people. He also mentions that Mr. Freeland is the best slave master he has ever had. besides himself. this makes me think is he going to be free someday?! i really hope so. he also talks about learning to read more which is good because i am lucky to have an education and many take that for granite sometimes because they are so use to it. i really like how this chapter went. Douglass forges a letter saying that they are free to go to Maryland for the holidays. oh my gosh(:  that makes me so proud! he is making something of his life. but they got caught and had to go to jail. all of them got separated. this made me really sad because Douglass really wanted a family you could just tell and with them not around anymore it hurt him really bad. being in jail for almost 4 years would hurt me really bad and i couldn't live with myself. i really am starting to not like this whole reading just because of the sadness it is putting on me. But when Douglass got out of jail he got a job and it pays him for his work. although this made me sad that he has no one he is now getting money for his work and not treated so much like a salve now.

response

i really liked this reading because i felt like i could read on for days. in chapter 9 it made me feel like i was in there like i was DOuglas and i was being treated like that. i makes me sad about the grandma and how she had to die alone. i makes me think am i going to die alone?
in chapter 10 i really dont like how douglas in treated. it makes me really upset that he has to work all the time all day. i would sleep also all day if i had onl one day off. i wish he would just run away already. i mean he has dates now(:
in the last chapter. it made me sooooo shocked. i couldnt believe douglas had stode up for himself against his master. but then again the master seemed like a baby and he couldnt control his slaves. this really was a great chapter to me because douglas reminds me of myself in a sence and he stood up and made me pround!! keep it up doug(:

Chappterssssssss 8,9, and 10 of course(:

Chapter 8

Question: who would Andrews leave his stuff to?

Comment: I dont understand how the masters can be so mean to someone after they make so much money for them.

Chapter 9

Question: why do the masters wives change there heart after time?

Comment: I really like how Douglas is still trying to learn to read and get smarter.

Chapter 10

Question: whats the point to Mr. Covey to send Douglas to get wood?

Comment: I really liked how Mr. Covey went through all this work and worked with his slaves.

Response TOOO Chapters 5,6,7(:

The 5th chapter really stood out to me because he was talking about how he was really excited about moving to a different place. I feel bad for Douglas because if moving to a better place is the best thing that's ever happened to you your life must really stink. but I also feel very honored to be living the life i am living right now because i get a lot more freedom them him and all of the slaves. This chapter really mad me upset that moving to a different slave camp is his high light of his life. but also now he gets a pretty easy job(watching little Tomas)
in Chapter 6 Douglas starts talking about all of the rest of the slaves in the other houses. He mentions that Mary was whipped everyday and her neck and head. this really hurt my feelings because how could anyone have the heart to abuse another person and feel like they have complete power over someone? i am very happy that Douglas is starting to read and be educated but i feel awful about the other slaves who will never see that kindness for many years to come.

in Chapter 7. Douglas starts talking about how he is a slave for life and this really puts him into a deep depression. I have a connection with I'm because i suffer from depression and have been in his same shoes. I really like how everyone is mean to him but he still cares for them and gives them the kindness everyone deserves. When he helped the Irish men it just shows that he wants to be a good person. Good for the Irish to try to give him an idea to escape. I am glad he finally learns how to write because without him knowing how to write i would probably most definitely not be reading his story right now.

My reaction with the Ship amistad

I think that this was a very sad movie because everything looked so real and made me want to think about how i would treat Africans back then. Obviously better then they are doing right now because i have great friends that are African and they are just like everyone else. i dont think anyone should be judged by there color or race. I am very upset that people back then would do something like this just for money. that shows greed and it makes me want to find all the greedy people and have a long talk with them about this whole thing. i would jump off the ship if i was crazy. i always have a little hope in me and so i would try to work it out. when we would get to america i would try my hardest to excape. i wouldnt just give up like that. But i completely understand why most did; they were there for months and months they probably gave up hope a long time ago. if i was on the ship with my baby i would try to keep it alive. or i would throw it off the ship. i wouldnt want my child to live in slavery so whatever i did i would put my child first.

My reaction to Chapter2-4

I was very upset when i was reading about the living condictions the slaves had to go through. it made me want to go back in time and save all of those people. one of the things he had said that he lives without any clothes when the cold comes they are so cold that some die. I dont understand how anyone can watch another person live like that and not help them. no wonder there was an underground railroad. I really liked this story though. just because Fredrick put it in his own words and made it seem more real because it was real of course but it gave a since of i was there. i really liked how i could connect with him and the slaves.

Merrisa. reaction to chapter one.

i didn't like chapter one at all because it was really sad and i didn't understand how anyone could be so mean to anyone like that. seeing someone get beaten like that would be to traumatizing. i honor everyone who were a slave at one point of there life and i feel very sorry to them that they had to deal with this like that just because of the color of there skin. i wish that back in the day you could be whoever you wanted to be without any one telling you if it was wrong or not. i really want to go back in time and help some of those people that were suffering like that. this story really stood out to me because of the way he described his own life. he didn't complain about anything nor did he say that something was ever wrong. he told what he saw and didn't make it seem like it was worse then it already was.