Reading can take you to a place that you could not imagine. Authors have a way of transporting you into their story where you can believe you were actually there. You can live a life just by reading a story, a book, a novel, or a speech. You get a feeling of putting yourself into that situation that they are portraying. You feel so many emotions and that is when you are truly drawn to the writing of the author. From reading the title “Ain’t I A Woman” I postulate the reading is going to be about a woman in the time of slavery when women were not treated to the same degree. During this time women were viewed differently from men and judged by the color of their skin.
White and black women had different rights and jobs to maintain as ordered to do so. Everyone should be treated equally no matter the color of his or her skin, race, or gender. This reading, I would imagine, is going to contain facts and thoughts about the topic of equality during the time of slavery. The content of the book can be subjective, depending upon your beliefs and views.
This content was not surprising to me because I have read and heard much about this topic throughout my years of school. However, I thought parts of the content were interesting because I have never heard it explained in that particular way. For instance, ” He says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t woman” (Truth). This part was intriguing to me because I have always thought they just didn’t think women weren’t as strong and powerful as men prevail. The message of this reading is very powerful and serious. To me, I felt a little of what women had to struggle with during this era.
This style of writing by Sojourner Truth is very informal. In this reading, it feels as though the author is having a personal conversation with you. I believe this is a representation of how she would have spoken in real life. I enjoy reading speeches such as this one because it gives you a sense of what life persist during those times and what the people actually thought. The passage is a very serious piece explaining to the people what her interpretation of how white and black men treated women and what they believed should be treated like. Sojourner seems truly passionate about what she is giving her speech about, which is good because you want your audience to be intrigued in what is being talked about.
To me this style of text is very persuasive in catching a readers mind and it makes you think back to what it would have been like. The significance of the subject in “Ain’t I A Woman” to me personally is that I am a woman myself. If we did not have women like her and many others that spoke up about this topic woman would still be treated that way. If life were how it was during slavery we would not posses the freedom of speech or the ability to get a job or an education. Life for me would have been drastically different if we lived in a world as she has described.
