Analysis Of Sojourner Truth's 'Ain T I A Woman'
Born into slavery in 1797, Isabella Baumfree led an almost identical life to those around her. After obtaining freedom in 1826, the African American settled in New York with her daughter, Sophia, where she announced that she would travel the world and speak the truth on the subject of slavery. This ambition to travel caused her to change her name to Sojourner Truth. As she spoke widely around the country, she toured with abolitionists and continued to speak on slavery as well as human rights. In May of 1851, Truth attended a Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio (“Sojourner Truth: Biography”). She discoursed her “Ain’t I A Woman” speech to promote independence among women. This motivational speech has been influential to many generations
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Intellect; speaking further on equality, she used intellect as an example of how women and men were separated. Men were seen in that time period as the “doers” and “workers,” while the women did the household tasks. She questioned, “What's that [intellect] got to do with women's rights or negroes' rights?” (“Sojourner Truth”). This certain aspect should have gotten the audience to think deeper and to possibly agree with the point she was trying to get across. Along with intellect, Truth spoke on the subject of God A man in the back of the room was pointed out by Sojourner. She claimed he said, “women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman!” As this accusation had been made, she continued and refuted saying that Christ came from a man and a woman. If not, “Where did your Christ come from?” (“Sojourner Truth”). This was repeated twice, emphasizing her beliefs in …show more content…
Since Truth had been able to emotionally connect with the audience, it helped her achieve her goal of reaching out to the same discriminated women. Repetition and rhetorical questions provided emphasis on the message she was trying to deliver at the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. Overall, I feel as if Truth delivered her speech to her full potential with intimidating words and high hopes that caused a change in the way men and women viewed
Intellect; speaking further on equality, she used intellect as an example of how women and men were separated. Men were seen in that time period as the “doers” and “workers,” while the women did the household tasks. She questioned, “What's that [intellect] got to do with women's rights or negroes' rights?” (“Sojourner Truth”). This certain aspect should have gotten the audience to think deeper and to possibly agree with the point she was trying to get across. Along with intellect, Truth spoke on the subject of God A man in the back of the room was pointed out by Sojourner. She claimed he said, “women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman!” As this accusation had been made, she continued and refuted saying that Christ came from a man and a woman. If not, “Where did your Christ come from?” (“Sojourner Truth”). This was repeated twice, emphasizing her beliefs in …show more content…
Since Truth had been able to emotionally connect with the audience, it helped her achieve her goal of reaching out to the same discriminated women. Repetition and rhetorical questions provided emphasis on the message she was trying to deliver at the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. Overall, I feel as if Truth delivered her speech to her full potential with intimidating words and high hopes that caused a change in the way men and women viewed