Saturday, March 15, 2008
Response Question: Facts about home (125-182)
On pages 179-181, Harriet lists several little facts and details about life at Monticello. Choose one of these facts she shares. What does this little memory show you about her life as a slave? What do you think will happen to these facts and figures if she goes to Washington City?
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Harriet talks about how to care for a sheep. This shows me that she has a great memory. It also shows me that she takes instructions well. This memory also shows that she can be nurturing because she adresses the sheep as her own and she knows how to care for it perfectly. Lastly, this shows that she deeply cares for pleasing her master because she performs these task so well. I think she will not have to apply them to her life in Washington City but she will not forget them because they were not only tasks but they were memories.
When she talks about half an ounce of brimstone can extinguish a chimney fire. For one thing, she really keep counts of things. She knows her measurements. She pays attention to the measurements. She listens to instructions well. She doesn't want anything to happen to Monticello so she has to be precise about the measurement. She don't want to disappoint her master if she do anything wrong. She wouldn't forget it since she remembers everything so well. She might have to use it again because she will live in a house. She'll always keep it as a memory since she learned it from Monticello and she'll always remember everything in Monticello.
Harriet says it takes two pounds of Merino wood to make a yard of cloth. She is good at measuring and counting. That shows that she pays good attention at what she is doing; assertivness. She obviously knows how to make cloths very well because cloth is used for making cloths. Hopefully she will keep on using techniques like these for when she gets out on her own in Washington City.
One fact that Harriet shares about life at Monticello is the one about the sheep. Harriet remembers how much a sheep is supposed to eat. She remembers how the sheep is to be taken care of. I agree with Shanade. This little memory shows that she has a good memory and that she follows instructions well. I think that she will have to apply these figures to life in Washington City.
Harriet writes about two pounds of washed Merino wool to make a yard of cloth. its sound as if she does a lot of work. from what harriet says slaves really did alot of hard labor. if she goes to Washington City none of these thing will really matter because she will be consired a white women so she woulnt do asa much hard labor she would probably housewife work.
Harriet talks abou how to care for sheeps. Harriet knows a lot abouts the sheep, so that means she takes intructions and memorize things well. if she take good instruction for a sheep then she could do the same for a child and be a good parent. But for the other things she listed i dont think she have to remember for washington city.
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