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 What point about humanity does Douglass's narrative make?

Douglass is a man of hard work and has perseverance. All he wants is freedom; Douglass is repeatedly treated with a smudge of humanity. He is more like a thing or an object than a human being. He shows strength and determination when is fighting against his owner Mr. Covey. When Mr. Covey beats Douglass he is frail and lying on the ground in despair and then finds the strength to rise up. Douglass’s new owner Mr. Alt was treating Douglass with less Humanity than Covey, but the master both compare by not caring about Douglass’s safety or feelings. Sandy, another slave, showed Douglass with the respect that is reasonable and very exceptional because he was just thoughtful and doing the right thing for a fellow man. The book gives two views of Humanity from the Slave owners view and Sandy’s view. Humanity in the time frame of around the 1800's. It was looked down upon and we can see from Douglass’s case. Humanity was ruthless and cruel, yet Douglass had to find a way to surpass that by being strong and having the Perseverance as he did.

The pivotal symbol of the play is the "glass menagerie: what are the qualities associated with this image?

The qualities that associate with the "glass menagerie" mainly associate with Laura. The glass is fragile as is Laura. She dreams about many things, such as going to business school yet that will never happen and also on her glass menagerie. This is her most prized possesion and it is her life. This is all she thinks about and that is all she really has. She has to face reality because there is nothing for her, but her collection of gas. She is about in her mid twenties, I would say, and she has not accomplishes much in her life. She doesn’t go to business school anymore and doesn’t know how to type either. Laura is like her glass animals in that she is old fashioned. She is very shy and withdrawn from people she doesn’t know. The unicorn is Laura’s favorite animal and this is important because the unicorn is not a real animal. When the unicorn gets broken by Jim (Gentleman caller) so does laura in a way. Since the horn broke off, it looks more like a horse which is giving a sense of realness and reality to laura.

TL: I agree with what you said, she is very much like her glass menagerie collection old fashioned and kind of different in her own way like her unicorn before the horn broke. :)

Brad Ellis- I agree with Nikita but I think there is more represented by the glass menagerie such as how the glass never changes just like Laura. Also I think the unicorn represnts how Laura feels different from the other people because of her crippleness just like how the unicorn is different from the horses because of the horn.

Erica: The unicorn also represents fantasy because Laura lives in a fantasy world of the glass animals. When the horn falls off, it's like she's gradually growing into reality.
 * I think this is a very good response and I like how you worded your wording with Laura being as fragile as her glass animals. This shows that Laura is easily bothered by problems that she comes face to face with. **** Tyler McCarthy **

The Glass Menagerie is fragile and delicate as is Laura. It also symbolizes her when the unicorns horn is broken off. It’s like her losing her limp and being a normal person, as the unicorn loses her horn and become a normal horse. – Hunter S.

ASHLEY LIPSEY: I agree with Nikita, but I would to say I disagree with the situation of when Jim breaks the glass unicorn. I think that she is relieved about the unicorn being broken for it is no longer different and is just like the other horses. Laura wishes she could lose her disability just as the unicorn lost its horn. But yes, I think the glass menagerie symbolizes how fragile Laura is. I am Holden

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