Beloved is a story that talks about the life and experience of a girl who tries to escape from slavery. African Americans in the past were considered property therefore, did not have any rights. I decided to choose the Marxist lens because I love history, African Americans suffered a lot and to be able to go back and read through an individual’s personal experience and life is very interesting to me. Slavery is a very complex topic and in APUSH I learned many concepts and many events that occurred in the late 1800’s regarding African Americans. Personally it is very touching to me when I read about slavery and the cruel experiences that they had to go through. Some of the questions I will be answering will be about overcoming social obstacles, social conflicts, and class relations. Another critical lens that I had in mind is the feminist lens because women were treated very differently than men, women had more expectations than men as they had to take care of children and housewife work. something that I am expecting to get out of this project is a deeper understanding about the social aspects during the this time period.
Your interest and passion for history is exciting! It will be interesting to see if you can discover or explain the "why" part of how certain people came into power and what was the cause of it as well as interpreting the social/emotional effects of that.
ReplyDeleteYour interest and passion for history is exciting! It will be interesting to see if you can discover or explain the "why" part of how certain people came into power and what was the cause of it as well as interpreting the social/emotional effects of that.
ReplyDeleteAbby, I can see why you chose the Marxist Lens. The topic of Slavery seems to be something you are familiar with, that will come in handy when analyzing the novel, Beloved. I am excited to keep reading your blogs and view your perspectives on this text. (:
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