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Texas EOC English I: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts Drill 3, Problem 2
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Thank you We sneak then here's your shmoop du jour
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Brought to you by happiness Yes even the sea can
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spread joy All right Following passage yet again I nearly
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anything Me and her And the money is this all
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six and all right Point taken Right Okay Read the
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following selection from paragraph two of the passage Right here
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We'll help you He told me if i would be
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happy i must lay out no plans for the future
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He said if i behave myself properly he would take
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care of me Indeed He advised me to complete thoughtlessness
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of the future and taught me to depend solely upon
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him for happiness How does the selection convey master thomas
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attitude toward douglas Well how did master thomas attitudes reflect
- 00:50
the social norms at the time that the passenger was
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written Maybe that's A better question Put your answer with
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examples from the passage And here is financial answer You
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know we're gonna do it out for you Got it
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All right You reading Here we go Master thomas believes
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that douglas should simply resign himself to a situation as
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a slave and not want anything more from life Master
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Thomas obviously doesn't feel that douglas is entitled to have
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any goals or dreams for his life According to master
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thomas douglas isn't even allowed to keep the money here
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It's like it's the master master thomas once died was
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to be completely dependent on him and to think on
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ly of being obedient Anyone have parents like that with
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you It is clear that master thomas views douglas as
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a possession not a human being This reflects the attitudes
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that prevailed during the time of slavery in the united
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states right like slaves were things not people Some people
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justified slavery by arguing that african americans were better off
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being slaves and that they were not equal toe whites
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Master thomas attitudes are a perfect example of the social
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norms during this time period No that's it This has
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been your sample short answer which has requested was stuffed
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with all deeds on exactly how master t was a
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man of his time random thought What would happen if 00:02:11.64 --> [endTime] master t met mr t i pity the fool
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