Chains Rhetorical Analysis

After the assigned nightly reading, my biggest idea on the book Chains was the idea that society forces people to choose sides, Patriots or Loyalists. The setting of New York in Chains was interesting, because at that time period New York was the main battle zone between the Patriots and Loyalists. ¨New York is a ball tossed between the Loyalists and the Patriots. Right now, the Patriots hold it,” said Curzon, on page 39 in the book Chains. This quote shows how the author makes a statement about Isabel´s role in the conflict by choosing New York, the crucial and undecided territory of war. Like New York, Isabel is a ball tossed between the two sides because she doesn't know which side will help her and Ruth the most. She first spies for the

The question ”What was society’s role in the novel, Chains?” was introduced to the group. I answered by saying how society forced citizens the accept the ideas of slavery and provided evidence. For example, though Lady Seymour was kind and told Isabella that she would have bought Isabel because Isabel fit nicely into her household, Lady Seymour never had the thought or notion of freeing Isabel. Another example was that the Patriots fought for their own freedom, but didn’t fight for the slaves freedom. The irony of it all shows what effect society has on its people. Ananya’s idea came from the text “On Being Brought From Africa To America” by Phillis Wheatley and she described how religion in both the poem and the book tied together and presented a really deep meaning of the texts. Ananya deepened the thought of irony in the novel, and provided text evidence to support her thought. She said that the pagan land was ironic because most of the people in New York were Christian and it is said in the Bible that God wants people to show kindness and equality to all human beings, no matter what race or color. This thought was ironic because the many people in New York were Christian, but they didn’t help the slaves or the