Question

discuss and compare how we see the idea of "freedom" portrayed in the specific primary texts included in our course materials by mary rowlandson, john winthrop/anne hutchinson, phillis wheatley, thomas jefferson, ralph waldo emerson, henry david thoreau, emma lazarus, and/or harriet jacobs (choose only 3 authors from this list). how do the authors define "freedom," and why is it important to them? what contextual factors contributed to their idea of "freedom"? what elements of "freedom" do these 3 authors/texts share in common, and how/why do other elements differ? how is their depiction of freedom significant to our study of american literature? be specific with your evidence and your insight.

Answer 1

Freedom has been a very important topic in different centuries as it is the basic need of any civilization. America has a history that talks about the necessity of freedom and why it is important for people.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: was one of the prominent writers of American literature who was against slavery. For him "Freedom comes from nonconformity and solitude."

Henry David Thoreau: he was American Naturalist and  a very important Transcendentalist for whom, “absolute freedom is found by rejecting market society and retreating into the wilderness”.

Harriet Jacobs: slave writer who made people understand how miserable a slave's life is especially a female slave. For her Freedom means, "having individual liberties, but more importantly having the somatic rights to choose what happens to her body and who has a claim to it, if at all."

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