Chains
Laurie Halse Anderson
Historical Fiction
Number of pages read: 150/300
Isabel has just turned in the list of names of the people who were going to be involved in the plan of General Washington's murder. A few days later Master Lockton and his companions find out that their plan has been uncovered, so they have to quickly burn all of their papers and Master Lockton plans to flee the town. Madam Lockton doesn't want him to leave or at least wants him to taker her with him but he decides to leave alone.A person called Thomas Hickey was to be hanged a few days later because everyone thought that he was the one that told General Washington. Ruth and Isabel had to go and watch the hanging. Meanwhile, Madam is getting angrier and angrier at Ruth because of her illness and because she thinks that she is useless to own. One day however Madam starts acting very strange: she gives Ruth fancy clothes, she bakes gingerbread, she cooked up sweet milk and told Isabel to have a goodnight's sleep and relax. Isabel seems very surprised by this but doesn't suspect that it will end very badly. She wakes up next morning, seeing that she had slept in very late and goes looking for Ruth but can't find her anywhere. Soon she finds out that Ruth was sold early in the morning by Madam. Isabel gets very very angry even though Becky warns her not to say anything to Madam. When Madam returns Isabel stands up to her and then runs away, however Madam catches up with her and decides to punish her by branding her head with the letter "I" to stand for "Insolence".
So far, I have really enjoyed this book even though it is really sad to learn how badly slaves were treated, the descriptions that the author uses and the dialogue make all the events really realistic. I think that for my continued reading Isabel will receive her punishment and go back to work for Madam but they will be very angry at eachother for a long time. I also think that Isabel will soon overhear Madam telling someone who she sold Ruth to and Isabel will go searching for her. In conclusion, I am very satisfied with this book, which is a big surprise for me because I didn't usually read or enjoy historical novels that much.
Quote: "If I cried a river, maybe I could swim away, or slip under the water to freedom" (Anderson, 147)
This quote means that Isabel's life is very limited because it is impossible for her to do anything that doesn't obey what her owner says and almost nothing she can do to gain her freedom.
Laurie Halse Anderson
Historical Fiction
Number of pages read: 150/300
Isabel has just turned in the list of names of the people who were going to be involved in the plan of General Washington's murder. A few days later Master Lockton and his companions find out that their plan has been uncovered, so they have to quickly burn all of their papers and Master Lockton plans to flee the town. Madam Lockton doesn't want him to leave or at least wants him to taker her with him but he decides to leave alone.A person called Thomas Hickey was to be hanged a few days later because everyone thought that he was the one that told General Washington. Ruth and Isabel had to go and watch the hanging. Meanwhile, Madam is getting angrier and angrier at Ruth because of her illness and because she thinks that she is useless to own. One day however Madam starts acting very strange: she gives Ruth fancy clothes, she bakes gingerbread, she cooked up sweet milk and told Isabel to have a goodnight's sleep and relax. Isabel seems very surprised by this but doesn't suspect that it will end very badly. She wakes up next morning, seeing that she had slept in very late and goes looking for Ruth but can't find her anywhere. Soon she finds out that Ruth was sold early in the morning by Madam. Isabel gets very very angry even though Becky warns her not to say anything to Madam. When Madam returns Isabel stands up to her and then runs away, however Madam catches up with her and decides to punish her by branding her head with the letter "I" to stand for "Insolence".
So far, I have really enjoyed this book even though it is really sad to learn how badly slaves were treated, the descriptions that the author uses and the dialogue make all the events really realistic. I think that for my continued reading Isabel will receive her punishment and go back to work for Madam but they will be very angry at eachother for a long time. I also think that Isabel will soon overhear Madam telling someone who she sold Ruth to and Isabel will go searching for her. In conclusion, I am very satisfied with this book, which is a big surprise for me because I didn't usually read or enjoy historical novels that much.
Quote: "If I cried a river, maybe I could swim away, or slip under the water to freedom" (Anderson, 147)
This quote means that Isabel's life is very limited because it is impossible for her to do anything that doesn't obey what her owner says and almost nothing she can do to gain her freedom.
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