Daniel George từ Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux, France

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11/05/2024

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Daniel George Sách lại (10)

2018-10-15 17:31

Giáo Trình Nhập Môn Trí Tuệ Nhân Tạo Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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I had this book recommended to me by a librarian who said if you like a good story read this. "Kitchen House" was very engrossing and based in the history of the South (Virginia) of the U.S during the times of slavery, in the 1890's, a very ugly time in our history. The book is narrated by two people, the first is Belle, the illegitimate daughter of the Captain, the owner of the plantation. She was conceived when the captain (a white man) had a relationship with one of his slaves, which you realize very quickly is a big theme in this book. The captain though, is a good man and wants a good life for Belle but regardless, she is kept in the Kitchen House with the other slaves and is treated like all the other "Negroes". The captain has married a white woman and she has bore him children though she is in the dark as to her husband's relationship to Belle and all the time, she suspects that Belle is the captain's whore so she and her eldest child, Marshall, treat her horribly. The other narrator, is Lavinia, who is a white girl from Ireland and was passenger on one of the Captain's ships and both her mother and father died on the passage from Ireland to the U.S. Her parents owed the captain a fare and so when they died, he took the daughter as an "indentured servant" back to his plantation. I did not know the prevalence of indentured servitude of white people (particularly those of Irish descent) during the time of slavery in the U.S.and I also didn't know how rampant promiscuity was between slave owners and their slaves. Of course, the slaves were viewed as the property of their white owners so they were forced into sexual servitude. Lavinia has an interesting relationship with the slaves who end up raising her for she sees herself as one of them and though they treat her with endless kindness, they never forget that she has white skin and that the future that is open to her can include freedom which they will never see in their lifetime.

Người đọc Daniel George từ Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux, France

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.