Biography And History: Harriet Jacob's The Life Of A Slave Girl

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her writing style, and the writing content.
The style that the novel is written varies from a dialogue to a narrative,
depending on the subject matter being written about. For example, the dialogue
where Mrs. Flint confronts Linda (Jocobs) and asks her what has been going on
with her husband is handled very effectively, because as a conversation between
two people, we are able to pick up on the nuances of meaning. Also, it makes the
situation seem to the reader as very exhilarating, because we don't know what's
going to happen next. Two paragraphs later, though, the story has turned back
into narrative, because Jacobs is trying to examine the entire situation in her
present day, as a free woman. She has to be detached from the conversation in
order for her to draw any conclusions. The conclusion she draws is that even
though they are in different circumstances, (Linda is a slave and Mrs. Flint is
her mistress), they both have a shared problem as women -- that is, the ...

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