Incident of the Life a Slave Girl

When I read this narraive, I felt like I was right next to Linda's side through the whole thing. She was so detail and in depth with the content of information she was giving. She makes it easier for the reader to follow along by turning to the reader and directly talking to them. Her narrative was very personal. The second part of the narrative seemed to be more interesting to me than the first.

I think when Linda's reader finds out at the end that she does become free, they are happy, but may become a little confused. Linda is not happy that she has been sold again because she thinks that to be free it does not involved any money especially in a "free state". She has very strong views; which she should, that her freedom is more valuable to her and that it doesn't say much when she has to be sold to retrieve. She is grateful that she has become free, but feels it extremely wrong.

I become disturbed with Linda spending so many years in a little, cramped space for seven years. She really had no connection to the outside world. Could you imagine sitting in this space, with a little loophole to look out at the world? Could you bare to watch your flesh and blood play outside, that you haven't had contact with?

Another significant part of the narrative was when her children are being taken from her. How does someone just take other peoples children away? I didn't fully understand how Mrs. Bruce could allow her child to be taken with Linda. That situation puzzled my mind. In the end, Linda was free and had her children. The connection of family and friends in this narratives was very strong as opposed to Douglass who really had no connection with his family.