ST1 There were multiple dehumanization situations in this book. A few dealing with Marguerite and another deaing with her grandmother. Marguerite recieved great amounts of dehumanization by being raped by her so-called dad. He took advantage of her at the age of eight and she didn't understand what was happening until it was over. Another situation in which she was taken advantage of was when she was working fro Mrs. Glory. Mrs.Glorys friends were over and when they found out her name was marguerite, one of them said her name is too long, I am now changing/ calling her Mary. Marguerite had no say in this and no one tried to defend her. You are supposed to have pride in your name. Grandmother was taken advantage of by young 'whitefolk' girls. They would come on her lawn and pester Grandmother while she was doing yardwork. Grandmother just kept her head high and ignored them until they got bored and left. Marguerite was amazed her Grandmother could do that.
Suzanne Turry p.1 I noticed a huge piece of dehumanization in this book. It has to do with the South during that period of time. In the book, Marguerite states that whitefolks are like aliens. She also states that she had only seen a white person one other time. They were seperated by a fence. The whites and blacks were totally seperated by only a fence. This reminds me of ghettos and concentration camps during the holocaust. The Jewish people (in a ghetto) and the 'others' (outside the ghetto) were only seperated by a fence. Other than that, they were equal.
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ReplyDeleteThere were multiple dehumanization situations in this book. A few dealing with Marguerite and another deaing with her grandmother. Marguerite recieved great amounts of dehumanization by being raped by her so-called dad. He took advantage of her at the age of eight and she didn't understand what was happening until it was over. Another situation in which she was taken advantage of was when she was working fro Mrs. Glory. Mrs.Glorys friends were over and when they found out her name was marguerite, one of them said her name is too long, I am now changing/ calling her Mary. Marguerite had no say in this and no one tried to defend her. You are supposed to have pride in your name. Grandmother was taken advantage of by young 'whitefolk' girls. They would come on her lawn and pester Grandmother while she was doing yardwork. Grandmother just kept her head high and ignored them until they got bored and left. Marguerite was amazed her Grandmother could do that.
Suzanne Turry p.1
ReplyDeleteI noticed a huge piece of dehumanization in this book. It has to do with the South during that period of time. In the book, Marguerite states that whitefolks are like aliens. She also states that she had only seen a white person one other time. They were seperated by a fence. The whites and blacks were totally seperated by only a fence. This reminds me of ghettos and concentration camps during the holocaust. The Jewish people (in a ghetto) and the 'others' (outside the ghetto) were only seperated by a fence. Other than that, they were equal.