Problem
Readings
Sojourner Truth--Speech to the Women's Rights Convention
Henry David Thoreau--Where I lived and What I Lived For
Ralph Waldo Emerson--Self-Reliance
(For the third question ignore the authors and answer generally)
i. Each of these authors wrote knowing their work would be heard more often than read (in their time). How does this change their writing style?
ii. What do you think of Emerson and Thoreau's philosophy? How does it extend/change/counter the line of American thinking we have read from Edwards and Winthrop?
iii. How does Truth's voice compare to other female voices we have encountered (black or white)? Or other black or brown voices such as Douglas, Occom, Wheatley, etc. Be specific.