A few weeks ago I was in company with my friend Josephine S. Griffing, when the conductor of a streetcar refused to stop his car for me, although (I was) closely following Josephine and holding on to the iron rail. They dragged us a number of yards before she succeeded in stopping them. She reported the conductor to the president of the City Railway, who dismissed him at once, and told me to take the number of the car whenever I was mistreated by a conductor or driver. On the 13th I had occasion to go for necessities for the patients in the Freedmen's Hospital where I have been doing and advising for a number of months. I thought now I would get a ride without trouble as I was in company with another friend, Laura S. Haviland of Michigan. As I ascended the platform of the car, the conductor pushed me, saying "Go back--get off here." I told him I was not going off, then "I'll put you off" said he furiously, clenching my right arm with both hands, using such violence that he seemed about to succeed, when Mrs. Haviland told him he was not going to put me off. "Does she belong to you?" said he in a hurried angry tone. She replied, "She does not belong to me, but she belongs to humanity." The number of the car was noted, and conductor dismissed at once upon the report to the president, who advised his arrest for assault and battery as my shoulder was sprained by his effort to put me off. Accordingly I had him arrested and the case tried before Justice Thompson. My shoulder was very lame and swollen, but is better. It is hard for the old slaveholding spirit to die. But die it must....
How does Sojourner Truth’s use of personal narrative as a literary form influence the reader's experience of the second passage?
A)It makes Sojourner Truth appear to be a reliable source because she had firsthand experience with discrimination
B)It does not impact the reader at all.
C)It makes the reader wonder if what Sojourner says is true or if she is lying.
D)It makes reading the passage difficult because the reader cannot personally relate to Sojourner Truth.
How might Sojourner Truth be able to relate to the 'caged bird' who sings in Paul Lawrence Dunbar's poem?
Sojourner Truth felt like the train was a cage she could not get out of and like the bird, she was hurt by the conductor while trying to escape from the train.
B)
There is no connection between Sojourner Truth and the caged bird from the poem.
C)
Sojourner's friend tells her a story about feeling like a 'caged bird' that Sojourner can relate to.
D)
After her experience on the train, Sojourner Truth feels like the caged bird - battered by the cage of discrimination but hopeful for a better future.
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