Due: April 12, D2L Submission Folder, 11:59 p.m. Worth 100 points.
Note: The submission folder locks and closes at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, April 14. You will receive an automatic zero if
you fail to meet this deadline!
The assignment is for you to write a three to five page, double-spaced essay (1 inch margins, 12 point font style) on one
of the issues below. You do not need a title page. Please put your name and the question number in the upper left-hand
corner of the paper. When you quote from the book, use quotation marks correctly and place the page number of the
quote after the quote in parentheses. (See my example below in question #1). I will have a separate, more detailed,
handout on grammar, paper-writing, quoting rules, etc., in a few days.
You will be graded on overall intellectual quality, force and clarity of argument, grammar, and style. Proofread a
thousand or more times please! I want you to demonstrate to me that you have read the book and have thought about the
question or issue you have chosen in some detail.
1. “He that is willing to be a slave, let him be a slave.” (32) How is Harriet’s life the antithesis of this (the opposite
of this)?
2. In your opinion which is the stronger theme in Jacobs’s work, the oppression of slavery or the oppression of
patriarchy (i.e., male dominance of a female)? Be sure to use relevant examples to support your conclusions.
(Note: there is no “correct” position with this question–you can write a strong essay taking either side. You may
even be able to argue that both were equally strong and oppressive).
3. Much of the story hinges upon control and power over another human being. But this is not always the white
master in control of his helpless black slave woman. At one point in the story Harriet manages to reverse the
control to her advantage. Discuss how the most powerless figure in Edenton, North Carolina, could become one
of the most powerful.
4. Racism predominates in nearly all of Harriets relationships, both during her years as a slave and during her time
living as a free person in the North. Use examples from the text to discuss how racism was at the core of most
social relationships between blacks and whites in Harriets 19th century world.
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