Bonus: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Chapter 10 of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, the narrator expresses her feelings towards her master and the situation as a whole in a shameful, pitiful and desperate account of her plan to escape the bars of slavery. She uses imagery such as "Bitter tears, such as the eyes never shed but once, were my only answer." (779) evoking sorrow and pity for the narrator. This language was chosen to make the reader sympathize and feel the same emotions portrayed in the chapter; empathize. This is different from the writings in Fredrick Douglas' narrative, which is more of a factual account of his experiences of slavery throughout his life. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is more of an emotional account of the tries that slave girls had to encounter.