How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
I laid down one long road of a sentence in my remember […] Way I saw it, Mr. Paine was saying all people were the same, that no one deserved a crown or was born to be higher than another. That's why America could make its freedom.
'Twas a wonder the book did not explode into flames in my hands. (42.6-7)
At the beginning of the story, the pastor at Miss Mary's funeral states that teaching slaves to read "leads to trouble." The way Common Sense transforms Isabel's understanding of both slavery and the colonies' quest for independence proves the truth in this statement—its argument enables Isabel to break free of the system and realize her individual rights as a human being.