First marking periods grades are due today! It is unfortunate that some of you may not have taken the opportunity to do your best, but you have to believe that you can be successful for the next two marking periods.
Objective:
Students will read aloud with expression, conveying the meaning and mood of a work.
Students will use inference and deduction to understand the text.
Students will evaluate literary merit based on an understanding of the genre, the literary elements, and the literary period and tradition
Aim: How does the protagonist suffers further dehumanization and degradation in Chapter VII "The Lover?"
de·hu·man·ize (dē hyo̵̅o̅′mə nīz′)
transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing
to deprive of human qualities, as pity, kindness, individuality, or creativity; make inhuman or machinelike
Degrade:
To reduce in grade, rank, or status; demote.
2. To lower in dignity; dishonor or disgrace: a scandal that degraded the participants.3. To lower in moral or intellectual character; debase.4. To reduce in worth or value: degrade a currency.5. To impair in physical structure or function.
Do Now: Start writing in your notebook I have experienced/witnessed/felt dehumanization or/and degraded....
Comprehension Check:
Who is Linda in love with? (36)
-Linda is in love with a free black man.
What is her lover's profession in the neighborhood? (36)
- Lindas lover is the towns carpenter.
Who did Linda confide in about her lover?
-Linda first confided with he Grandmother.
Who did she ask for help to talk to Dr. Flint?
- She asked help of a lady in the neighbor hood who would go to the house frequently since she is a friend of Dr.Flint.
What was Dr. Flint's response to Linda's proposal of marrying her lover?
How are they acquainted?
- When he heard of Linda's wishes to marry this man he was absolutely furious. He said he would never have Linda sold. She has known the lover since they were both children.
Literary analysis:
How is slavery metaphorically illustrated in the text? (look at the first paragraph of "The Lover")
- She compares slavery as a separation from her being away from the one she loves. When she says "be wrenched away by the hands of violence" slavery express like a cruel master.
Close/Interpretive/Infer:
How are men further emasculated in this literary work?
- Her lover was emasculated by not being able to take care of his love. By being helpless of his loves future I think it emasculates him in the worst way.
Why does Dr. Flint tells Linda to take up with one of his slaves instead of granting her permission to marry her lover?
-If Linda were to marry one of his slaves he would be able to control her and her husband. Linda would not try to be sold or run away from his house if her husband worked for him.
In what way is Dr. Flint acting like a jealous lover himself?
- When he was screaming at Linda he points out how wonderfully he treats her and almost promises a better life for her if she yields to his wishes.
What really triggers Dr. Flint to physically abuse Linda and why?
- When she states that her lover wouldn't be with her if she wasn't a virtuous woman Dr.Flint hit her for the first time. It angered Dr.Flint because he is trying to take away the virtue that Linda has. Yet he hasn't so far and that is part of the love Linda has with her lover.
Explain Linda's response "Do you know....that I can kill you, if I please? You have tried to kill me, and I wish you had; but you have no right to do as you like with me" (39).
- A slave master is supposed to be able to do anything with their slaves but to take away her virtue Linda will just not lie. To her keeping her innocence is something worth more than death.
What does it mean to have "high notions?" (39).
- Slaves weren't supposed to see themselves as humans back then. For Linda Brent to believe that she has the rights of a white woman would be to consider herself to have high notions.
Why does Dr. Flint tell Linda that she "[has] been the plague of [his] life" (39)?
- To Dr.Flint Linda seems almost like a game in which he keeps losing. He is used to the idea of getting anything he wants yet Linda keeps maneuvering her way out of his grasps.
Critical Thinking:
What is the importance of virtue in this chapter?
- Linda gives her virtue the utmost importance in the book. She stands firm in keeping it and values it with her heart. Not only is her virtue what her lover admires about her, it is also what Dr.Flint wants to take away from her.
In her slave status, why is Linda allowed to "answer back" Dr. Flint?
-Dr.Flint is obsessed with her and almost loves her. Because of his love for her he lets her get away with things that she normally shouldn't have.
How is Dr. Flint portrayed as an animal and Linda like prey? (40)
- Throughout the book even when she was younger he always watched her and wanted for himself.
Why do we not know the lover by his real name or fake name?
- To label her lover with the real name or fake name would almost take away from the love she has for him. By keeping the name to herself she seems to make the memory of her lover more precious to her.
Why did Linda have to give up the thought of marrying her lover?
- Dr.Flint would not have sold her to her lover or even let her marry him. If she would've stayed with him she risks the chance of getting her lover hurt both physically and mentally.
Connect and write in your notebook: Can you connect to anything in this chapter? Did you ever have a boy/girl/friend that someone did not approve of?
Homework: Read chapter VIII Period 8 please post today's lesson on your Blogs if you did not complete in class.
Vocabulary to know:
Tendrils- Something, such as a ringlet of hair, that is long, slender, and curling
Dehumanize-to deprive of human qualities or attributes
Degrade- to lower in dignity or estimation; bring into contempt
Sanction- authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
Dissipated-indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure
Manifested- o show or demonstrate plainly; reveal
Lenient- agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent
Desolate-barren or laid waste; devastated
Defray- to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, etc.)
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