Margaret Walker wrote Jubilee and I think it’s a pretty good book. The segment from the last quiz we took was interesting. When Marster Dutton first showed signs of gangrene I was a little disappointed. Up until that point, I thought Marster Dutton was a pretty nice guy, for a southern plantation owner in the antebellum period. But they way he died exposed him as an evil coward. He hated Abe Lincoln and died with too much pride. He yelled at Vyry for no reason saying “I ain’t dead yet, so you cant be free.” He was a liar and a coward just like any other plantation owner. The book took a strange turn of events from chapters 24-29. It was strange because Vyry had hardly been mentioned in those chapters. It mainly focused on the events during 1862 when the Confederacy was actually winning in the east mainly thanks to the South’s General superiority. It was also nice to see the way Jim, brother Zeke, and Randall Ware met up in the North. I was glad to see brother Zeke die knowing that their Moses had finally arrived. It was also nice to see things work out for Randall Ware when he got the opportunity to do what he loved best, being a blacksmith and helping the Union army.
Bashar
Editor's note: Here are a few websites for Margaret Walker and Jubilee.
http://www.shs.starkville.k12.ms.us/mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/writers/Walker.html
4 comments:
I agree with Bashar, I was dissapointed in the way Marster Dutton died. However I am sad that he died. Even though he seemed like an "above average" plantation owner (such as how he treated Vyry's childeren better than most) he still was cruel. He viewed people as possesions.
I really liked chapters 24-29. As I was reading them I kept thinking, "wow, we discussed that in class," and "hey I know what they are talking about." I thought that was really cool.
Khris
I thought the first half of the book was very slow and i was not looking forward to reading it. i am glad that i kept with it because i am able to relate what i am reading with what i have learned in class already.
i think John Dutton viewed himself as a good godly man and at the time in the south he might have been; however, he stilled believed that he was superior and thought Vrvy was his property. Through John Dutton's death bed we learned what kind of man he was. He was a good actor and fooled me into thinking he was a good man, who had more morals than the rest of the south.
Elisabeth
I think Bashar was right Mr. Dutton died in a dissapointing way. It seems Mr. Dutton was convinced that even though he could not prevent him from dieing that Vyry was still his property till he did. I to agree with Bashar in that chapters 24-29 where weird because before the book was mainly focused on vyry and what happened to her and things that affected her. but overall the book has finally picked up and isnt so boring
Vahan
i also agree with Bashar, it wasn't the way I thought Marster Dutton would die. But I think it's understandable that he snaped like that. He has a broken leg, an infection that's killing him and he's been in bed 24-7 for weeks. He probably has huge bed cramps and misses his work. Plus, living with the thought of either getting his leg amputated or dying has to be adding to the stress.
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