As soon as I came back from the auction with the slaves,
I set them to work on my wonderful plantation.
I think I chose the best ones since they didn't have any
scars and in addition to that, everyone looked really strong.
It was pretty expensive but it was worth it since now I don't
have to worry about their pay. They don't get paid and they
are all mine now... My properties....
One command does everything.
When I tell them to do this, they do this.
When I tell them to do that, they do that.
I set them to work, and then they make cottons,
then I sell the cottons and earn money!
I feel like I bought money with my money!
I'm very pleased with what I did today...!
Arghh… Arggggggghhhhhhhh!!!
I'm so mad right now...
I can not control my feelings even though the South people are right.
I have no more slaves! No one to take care of my wonderful plantation!
I was once a man who was called a master and had the
abilities to treat the blacks like my very own property!
How can anyone live without slaves working for them???
Now I am the one who has to work in the cotton field
picking my own cottons out... This is really impossible!
I don't want to make my hand dirty and get blisters on my
hands like those other useless slaves!
My plantation is going to die now and I'll become poor.
I'd never ever think about MYSELF working on the plantation...
And I never will…!
I have to go have a rest for now...
I had too much... just too much...!
Reflection:
There are two diaries that is one about master's thoughts after and before the Civil War. The master was so glad about buying slaves and enjoyed using them without in need to pay them. In the diary about the master's thought after the civil war, the master is furious because now he doesn't have the rights to own the slaves. There was a new amendment saying that there should be no more slavery. I wrote it this way to show both thoughts in different situations. I also wrote this diary to show the master's thinking like I did with the slave's. The slaves' thought that it would be great to be free from the masters and live on their own but it wasn't really good after all since the Americans didn't give them any attentions. This tells me that the change wasn't such a good thing for both people after all.
1 comment:
This is a great idea, YeoJin. It really offers a good perspective. As far as making it better, proofread and try to stop using words you use over and over again. For instance, "Today, I bought three slaves at the auction today!" Having today written twice is just redundant. In order to make your writing more concise work on getting rid of repetition.
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