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- Mrs. Rigsby
- I grew up in a suburb of Chicago and attended the University of Missouri at Columbia for my undergrad. I have a Masters in Elementary Education from Regis. I come from a family with four kids. My sister is a teacher in Chicago. One of my brothers lives here and the other one lives in Chicago. I moved here because my husband loved Colorado and I loved him. As it turns out,I love Colorado as well.
On page 13 it says "Nothing belonged to us." This says why nothing could come with them, it all belonged to their misteress who owned them. Since it all belonged to their mistress they couldn't take anything because it belonged to who ever owned them. Technically, they could have taken the artifacts because it belongs to who ever owned them. So either way, if they took the dolls and bowls and what not they could keep them even though it belonged to their masters it is very doubtful that the masters would want to take or even touch a slaves' doll. The seeds represent the things that Isabel couldn't take.
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Taking the seeds symbolizes Isabel's love for her mom because her mom had collected them. They are like having a piece of her mom back. So Isabel hides them. She wonders about them (I didn't know what they would grow into. I didn't know if they would grow into anything at all.) Isabel and Ruth can't take any personal items because white people basically treated African American slaves like ________(insert cuss word here) and they didn't care if they were happy or not. They thought that personal items might "distract" the slaves. I think the whites sucked.
ReplyDeleteWhen Mr. Roberts collects the girls they aren’t allowed to take any personal items along with them. On page 13 it says,” We couldn’t take Momma’s shells, nor Ruth’s baby doll made up of flannel bits and calico, nor the wooden bowl papa made for me. Nothing belonged to us.” Every little scrap that they owned belonged to their mistress, Miss Mary. In my mind this is just plain cruel. They had very little belongings and yet they weren’t allowed to take anything with them at all whatsoever. Their memories of their parents were mixed in with their possessions so basically by not being able to bring anything with them cuts out a small portion of their memories of having loving parents. That is why when Isobel hides the mystery seeds in her pocket it is a very significant part of the book. The seeds belonged to her mother although after she died Isobel had no idea what they would grow into. On page 13 through 14 it says,” On the hearth stood the jar of flower seeds that Momma had collected, seeds she never had a chance to put into the ground. I didn’t know what they would grow into. I didn’t know if they would grow at all.” The seeds that Isobel grabs are a trace of her mother, one last trace of her mother that will always be in her memory. The seeds Isobel hides in her pocket let her hang on to her previous life with her mother.
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I think Isabel and Ruth couldn't take any of their belongings because it didn't belong to them. If they are owned, anything that they have really belongs to Mistress Mary. If the Mistress bought or made something for Ruth and Isabel, it would belong to her because she owns them, therefore any of their belongings would be hers. On page 13, it says,"We couldn't take momma's shells, nor Ruths baby doll made of Flannel birs and calico, nor the wooden bowl Poppa made for me. Nothing belonged to us."
ReplyDeleteI think the symbolisim of the seeds brings Isabels dead mom with her. Not only her mom, but her life in Rhode Island. The seeds gave her something to hold on to from her past. She took them so she could remember.
~Sula~
The girls aren't allowed to take they're personal items because slaves were treated like crap. The slaves had absolutely no freedom or liberty, most people saw them as filthy rats that were forced to work for no pay. "Don't wander off or one of them soldiers will shoot you dead," according to page 27. The seeds represent what Isabel has and her past. The seeds mean so much to her, it represented her life in Rhode Island and her momma[it's a shame that the plant that sprouted from the seeds died in the cold]. Connor
ReplyDeletenothing was brought with Ruth and Isabel because "Nothing belonged to us", stated on page 13. The seeds are like a part of Isabel and Ruth's Momma.
ReplyDeleteJack.
The girls aren’t allowed to take personal items with them because they are slaves. People didn’t want slaves to be able to do whatever they want. Slaves were treated very badly back then. They can’t take things because sometimes they think the girls will use them as ways to escape from wherever they are. But Isabel and Ruth don’t bring any personal items with them. All of the stuff belongs to whoever owns the girls.
ReplyDeleteThe symbolism of the seeds Isabel hides in her pockets are to remind her of her old life. Her mother, her father, her old home, and ever sense she was sold, Ruth. It makes her believe she will see them again someday.
~Riley