It tells the story of Patsy, a freed girl on a plantation in South Carolina, who secretly learned to read and write alongside her master's children.
Patsy and everyone on the plantation are freed very early on in the story and instead of leaving, we get the story of the people who decided to stay behind and accept wages, land and schooling in exchange for their work.
Patsy is lame and has a stutter, so she doesn't have much self-confidence, and it's nice to see her grow as a character. She takes on more and more duties as others leave and eventually becomes the freed children's teacher when no one ever comes to take the job.
Patsy is a very likeable character and she writes in a manner that is easy to relate to. She has certain patterns to her writing, as some people do. I find myself overusing certain words and have to go back and edit my writing a lot, but handwriting in ink, Patsy wouldn't be able to do that, so you can see which phrases she repeats often and the style of her jokes. She's a very realistic character.
I highly recommend this one and I'm glad it was part of the reissue.
No comments:
Post a Comment