Sojornor Truth( Ain't I a Woman)

Since there was two letters, I'm going to compare and contrast there different values and dislikes. I noticed just by looking at the title of Aren't I a Woman and it to me comes across like I can be a woman and not because of my color. I noticed that In one passage, it was very proper and correctly written. But in the other, it sounded very southern and nonchalant like "I don't care what people think about me I'm telling you the truth". And that's exactly what Sojourner Truth did.

The passage in the book started out by saying that I'm a woman not because I'm black and your white but I'm a woman by taking care of all these kids and upholding duties of a man also. She also says that anytime that she can watch the white man take one of her kids away is allot of strength on her part. I think its very different how white girls think there a woman based upon their rules and guidelines but in with a black person its way off track because in their world in that time, there were very little middle class or rich blacks. Since most of the blacks were poor and lived in poverty these were their guidelines from a different point of view, the turned it into a whole entire way with their rules. Most black woman had to take care of allot of kids, work also, and carry on the duties of a man because the father left or was killed or taken.

The difference between these letters is that one is proper and one is not, true. But since they're both written by Sojourner Truth it questioned the whites. They weren't for sure if she wrote it and how and why. They made it seem like blacks or black woman in this case weren't intelligent at any stake. They felt that blacks didn't get a good education, which most didn't but there were still allot of blacks that did. It shouldn't have even been a question. I also noticed that one passage was in a book and the other one wasn't. The passage that wasn't was the one that had allot of southern accent to it and very nonchalant. I feel that the whites probably gave her credit but didn't want the other one published because maybe it told to much about the whites or maybe it would create a bad name for them.

She also attacks religions in the case of a man. She basically said what makes are rights not equal to yours or why not better. She used religion to come across in a different way that makes people really believe what she's talking about but at the same time listen. I feel right when she said that, it caused people to get her attention and people to take notice of whats going on. She asks "What did your Christ come from" as like who is your lord because the one I know and worship must be different from your if you think that my rights are not equal to yours.

In conclusion- over all I think that these passages really helped me get a better understanding of what she was really trying to say a woman. Even thought the true definition of a woman know has changed, it was changed already when she said those words. She crafted and made her own rules and true womanhood guideline. She set the standard for other woman to follow. I feel that with her nonchalant demeanor and southern accent made it very clear for me to understand the meaning not necessarily the words but the power of meaning. I feel this is related to pathos because it shows an emotional side of the older world and how they worked.