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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.
When Isabel says, "I was chained between two nations," she means a lot of things. To begin, "chain" is used as an antonym to "freedom". That's because she is a slave and is a lot of times bound in chains. Therefore, she cannot escape from slavery and will probably not be able to become free, unless, her master cuts the chains. In addition, she wants to help the Rebels. They offer freedom for slaves. Another person says that the Rebels only want freedom for themselves but not for slaves. Then Isabel decides to work for the British who say they will give freedom to slaves. Yet again, another person says that it is untrue. Hence, Isabel is confused on which side to take and is "chained between two nations." "He couldn't take me. He would not. I was chained between two nations."(pg. 182)
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When you are chained to the wall you are not able to go any were were as when you are free you are chained to your owned as in you are binded to your owner. When you have freedom you are not binded in chains or owned by somebody. You are your self and nobody can own you. When Isabel says she is chained between two countries she is saying that she is in the middle of a war. When ever one side does something bad to the other she gets hurt. It is like being between a rock and a hard place. She is like the Kings whiping girl and Genral Washington's Horse. THat is how Isabel feels about Chains.
ReplyDeleteWhen Isabel says, "I was chained between two nations," I think she means she is free in one way, and a slave in another. To people of her kind, she is free. To white people, she is a slave.When you go back to the text, it means she is chained from England to the Colonies. She has lived 2 diffenent lives and these are the two of them.
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I think Isabelle uses the term “ chained between two nations” in away that resembles were she is and who she is loyal to. She is in New York and she wants to be in Road Island. Yet she is loyal to America but her masters are loyalists. Hence, the name “torn between two nations.” Eventually she decides to inform the army of her treacherous masters plans to kill George Washington. By doing this she also must burn her masters evidence so that he may escape. Also, she wants her freedom so that she may return home although she is trapped in the hands of her English masters. That is why she uses the term chains.
ReplyDeleteWhen is abel says chained between nations, it is sort of like saying in between nations. she wants to help the rebels, but also is english. she is kind of stuck, with two roads. one on the left is the rebels the one on the right the english. she is supposed to be free, but that right was taken away from that opritunity. the term chained,in between two nations is like stuck in the middle of a fight.
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