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Slavery: Chains By Laurie Halse Anderson

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In Chains, Anderson related her novel to slavery and the audience gets a glimpse of how slaves were treated, more or less. In chapter 22, Isabel is punished and not only by madam but also different people in the community. “I moved, not by my own devices. My toes dragged in the dirt. They tried to pull my arms from my body, ripping the arms off a cloth doll. They dragged me from one place to a second place.” (pg141). In this depiction you see that Isabel is vulnerable and she cannot do anything to stop the punishment. Further the punishment does not stop there and it continues for about 2 days because she was left there. Although this could have occurred more than once during slavery, I do not think that students in fifth grade should be exposed
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