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Consider the final paragraph of Chapter 11. Here Linda argues that death is often better than slavery. She also remarks on the exquisite discomfort about being unable to give her child a name. How are these two ideas connected?
Start by having the students read the paragraph aloud, one sentence each, going around the room. Discuss why Linda contends that death is better than slavery, fleshing out her point that slavery is not a full life, as we understand it. Then establish the connection between one’s name and one’s existence. The inability to name her child properly (using his father’s name, in accordance with social custom) coheres with her sense that her child is...
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