Harriet Tubman Analysis

Harriet Tubman was an underground railroad “conductor.” She was known for helping many enslaved people flee from the south to freedom in the north. This horribly difficult task was made easier by there being a network of safe houses that would offer those on the run food and shelter. This analysis will discuss the author’s craft, primary sources, and tone in the biography. In the analysis, the text and information that was discovered in the biography will be covered. To begin, the biography utilizes many different forms of authors craft. One of those forms being word choice. The author uses word choice carefully in order to make an emotional impact on the reader. In the biography the author chooses words carefully when describing the Middle Passage. On page 158, the text states “She told them about the long agony of the Middle Passage on the old slave ships, about the black horror of the holds, about the chains and whips. The author used words like “agony” to give the reader a mental feel of the suffering and torture that the enslaved people had to go through. While describing the Middle Passage, she told the slaves of how they used the chains and the whips on the passengers on the old slave ship. The author also uses word choice to impact the meaning and the
On page 162, the author describes the forest as “bone-biting cold.” This creates a miserable tone because it shows that the slaves were miserable while trudging through the forest and walking on the cold ground with their barren feet. The author uses commas and dashes to impact the tone of the text. The author uses dashes to separate Harriet’s thoughts from her actions and to define the thoughts. The commas are used to indicate the tone of nervousness. She was nervous of begin rejected and not being able to offer the fugitives what she’d previously promised them on their descend to