T.I.P.

I thought the initial argument for hosts and hostesses to receive 1 percent of the servers tips to go towards themselves. But on a scale form 1-10 I thought the effectiveness of this proposal was only a 6 or 7. To point out the things that I thought were effective first, I thought the way she showed her exact calculations of the amount of money a host made and the comparison of it with that of a sever. This was effective because I knew she had thought it out and done her calculations, and the fact that she was a host at this particular restaurant made her proposal alot more credible and she could relate to the experiences she talked about in her proposal. But, what i didn't think was strong in her proposal was the fact that she kept repeating herself. She kept sayinng that a host does all these things, is so important to the servers and the customers. i don't know if she was just trying to stress the point that hosts are really important because thats where she wanted the focus to be, but I don't think that was effective because i pesonally was like "I got you the first 5 times".

KKK

In a way I think Ellis's story can offer a credible way of overcoming misunderstanding and hatred between races. Ellis finally realized after being in the Klan so long that the system of those in authority were really only using the blacks and whites. They didn't want to fix the problem in the schools, they wanted both the races to have hatred for one another in order for the problem never to be fixed. Having succesful integration within the schools would have helped people to stay in school longer, make a difference in this world, and they wouldn't have to be at the bottom of the social ladder. They would join the Klan and the same cycle would continue all for the love of money and power. Once Ellis realized this he knew the only way for a brighter future was if the schools were successfully integrated and both blacks and whites worked together. So it wasn't about hating each other, it was about fighting for the rights of the people who were actually the root of all the hatred. I think that is an important part in overcoming hatred between races because people need to stop blaming random people that they have biased against and really don't know much about, and start confronting the main source behind those who encourage their hatred in order to benefit from it. I think Ellis really knew what went on with the black community and how they actually struggled just as much as the low income whites that were joining the Klan. Blacks also didn't understand the Klan very well at all either. As a black individual i didn't know why a person would join that organization because i didn't know they wanted to satisfaction of being a part of something and being around people that cared, instead of working 24/7 and hvaing no one to comfort and be there for you besides you family. i don't think thatg justfy's the Klan at all, but i understood it more than i did before, so i could see how that part of his story couold offer a way to overcome misunderstanding.
I'm not sure if there is a solution to this problem on a large scale. There are so many powerful and corrupt people out there who will do anything for money and authority, and I don't believe they would let a solution happen.

To the F to the R to the double EE to the D to the O to the M

Linda Brent obtained her freedom by Mrs. Bruce. Emily flint got married and went to New York in search of Linda. The Flint's were broke so they really needed to capture Linda for her high value. When Linda heard Emily Flint was in New York she ran away to one of the Bruce's friends. Mrs. Bruce finally went to the Flints and asked to buy Linda so that she could set her free. The Flint's didn't agree at first, but the Mrs. Bruce assured them that as long as they kept serching for Linda the more she would continute to hide and they would protect her. So the Flint's finally agreed to take the money that Mrs. Bruce offered them for Linda, and then Mrs. Bruce gave Linda her freedom. Linda has mixed feeling about her freedom at the end of the book because in one aspect she is grateful that she is no longer owned, but she is also upset because she hates the fact that her life had been boughten when her life was never actually anyone's else's to take or belong to.

Incidents 2

"He told me I was his property; that I must be subject to his will in all things. MY soul revolted against the mean tyranny. But where could I turn for protection? No matter the slave girl be as black as ebony or as fair as her mistress. In either case, there is no shadow of law to protect her from insult, from violence, or even from death; all these are inflicted by fiends who bear the shape of men. The mistress, who ought to protect the helpless victim, has no other feelings twoards her but those of jealousy".
This passage makes me emotional because it makes me put myself in a young slave girl's position and feel how she did. You are not only a slave, but you are a sexual object that is being unjustly claimed without your consent. There is this panic of having no one to turn to, and the people who you would think would find this disgusting and may have sympathy for you actually are just jealous. It's not your fault that a woman's husband wants to form a sexual relationship with you can't help that. The wife knows your a slave and that you have to obey your master.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 1

In my opinion I think that it's important for this book to be truth rather than fiction because if it were fiction then some of the content in the book might only be partially true. Usually after I get done reading a good fiction book I walk away from it like "wow, that was a really good book. I can only imagine if that were actually true". I know that whatever happened in that book is going to have ideas from someone's imagination, not from personal events. But when a book is nonfiction I know that what took place in the story actually happened to a real person; not just some madeup character. I also feel that when nonfiction is written, since it is a personal account of someone's life, the emotions and reactions that are felt are best expressed because they are coming directly from the mouth source. When the author shows that personal connection with the story I feel it too.
It is very important that the editor didn't change the content or language in the book. This is the author's firsthand account of what she went through as a slave. The views and angles of this book are hers being expressed to the public. They way she ihas wrtten it is the way it happened. If the editor tried to change content then the story wouldn't have had as much meaning because it wasn't what the author intended the story to be. if the language was changed then they wouldn't be keeping it real. If al the slaves in the book talked proper then the book wouldn't be as believable because everyone knows that most slaves weren't given the right to be educated and shown the correct way to speak.