Carefully read the selections "Not My Bones" (page 648 ---remember poems should be read a minimum of 3 times in order to truly get their meaning/read it first (maybe even 2 times) then the essay "Fortune's Bones" then the poem a 3rd time for best understanding!) and "Fortune's Bones" (page 653) complete the following only AFTER CAREFULLY READING the selections for full understanding! Remember to take your time and do your best ~
She is saying that her bones and her body are not really there.
She is making a point that a person is much more than what one can see ~ the soul and heart of a person is of ultimate importance/NOT the body itself!
She is saying that her body might belong to her master, but she shouldn't be made to work like a slave because she isn't one.
She is saying that people are sometimes violently mean and ruthless and that she would never own another individual because it is just wrong!
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Saying it several times emphasizes the speaker's happiness.
Repeating the prhase demonstrates Nelson's confusion.
The speaker cannot believe that the situation is real.
The speaker reiterates it because Nelson thinks it is a lie.
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That it is not fun
That a person's essential nature (who they truly are) can never be enslaved
That it's illegal to make someone a slave
That a person who is a slave does not have the strength or courage to fight for him/herself
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Has already experienced a wonderful life
States that people are much more than their bodies
Wants to live in the sky among the stars
Has other things to marvel at/look forward to in life
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To inspire others to write poems about the cruelties that slaves had to endure
To illustrate the central idea that while Fortune's physical body (his bones)may still endure, it is not nearly as significant as his soul that can never be contained or put on display. His soul will endure freely and forever.
To demonstrate her prowess in connecting a non-fiction article to a poem about death
To entertain the reader with a poem with the central of idea of freedom and equality for all individuals who just choose to "live" in the present.
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His skeleton was sturdy and complete
He worked on a farm growing vegetables
He was the father of four children
His remains have lasted for more than 200 years.
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That a person is not just his/her body
No body should own somebody else
That thinking a person is just what you see (just the body) is like a horseless bridle trying to go on its own.....it would be empty!
Comparing life to love of living
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When you praise something, you should do so quietly.
A voice will eventually disappear, so it's very tiny
The world is filled with an enormous amount of voices, so one is very small in the midst!
The stars are way too far away to hear the voices, so it makes one voice seem very small!
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He has escaped to the North to become a free man/woman.
His master granted him his freedom one morning.
He is rejoicing because of his physical death.
He got a good night's sleep and felt refreshed when he woke up.
Help the reader understand that he was a slave
help the reader see him as a person/individual and connect more with him/his plight
Give reasons for Dr. Porter's keeping Fortune's bones
To let us - as readers - move back in time to that era
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Larry was a popular name among the Porter family
The family preferred a more traditional name, so they changed it,
People forgot about the origin of the remains over time, so they picked a random name..
In Fortune's hometown of Waterbury, Larry was a famous resident, so they re-named the skeleton in his honor
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The members thought the display was disrespectful
It was deemed unlawful to display the bones of a slave in Waterbury museums
Children feared the skeleton display when they visited the museum.
The bones were deteriorating from years of being mistreated in the museum and needed to be repaired
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Studying the human body
Preserving bones after death
Finding cures for diseases
Setting broken bones
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Baptized before they died
Returned to their places of origin
Buried in the town's cemeteries
Honored by their owners
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A crew of workers
The staff of a museum
A college physicology class instructor
One of Porter's descendants
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Respect for both the living and the dead should be a priority for all of man-kind
There should be a deeper meaning in life than work
Slaves had no right to have hope for a better future.
Slavery was once a necessary evil for those who needed help on Southern plantations
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Fortune planted crops on Porter's land
Porter's will left out Fortune's daughters
Porter willed Fortune's wife to his own wife
Fortune had a house of his own on Porter's land
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We are brief incarnations, /We are clouds in clothes,
I bore light passed on by original flames;/while it was in my hands it was called by name.
You can murder hope, you can pound faith flat,/ but like wildflowers, they grow right back
This skeleton was just/ my temporary home.
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The speaker's love for others
Differences seen among all races and mankind in general
Difficulties in the search for freedom
Strength of enslaved people's hope
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The skeleton became a famous exhibit at a museum
The Porters' last link to Fortune and his family was Fortune's skeleton
Historians and scientists analyzed the bones to discover important information
Four more generations of Porters became physicians
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Angry
Sad
Triumphant
Matter-of-fact
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Once Fortune's identity was confirmed, the author felt she was free to write her poem because his bones were no longer on display and his body was "free."
The author wanted to stress in poetic format and through a non-fiction work that in relationship to Fortune's life, the bones the were his least significant part..
The author wanted to impress the idea upon the reader that once someone is a slave, they can never truly be free.
The author's central idea of both the poem and the passage was that Fortune was a hero among slaves when he was living because he exhibited great courage and integrity as he suffered continuous abuse from his master.
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The view point in the poem is that a slave's bones cannot be abused to the extent that the actual living person could be abused, so Fortune was better off when he was nothing but bones.
In the article,the Porter family and the museum retained "ownership" of him, but in the poem when he died, his soul was set free.
Figurative language throughout the poem focuses on the idea that whether living on earth or living in the afterworld, a person's true essence (the soul) can never be held captive or possessed.
In the article, Fortune was finally set free when his true identify was revealed once again; in the poem he will always be held captive.
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