1. In The Kitchen
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... literacy. The majority of slaves did recognize that the ability to read and write was crucial to both religious practice and to the assertion of individual and political rights. As Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explains, "The act of writing for the slave constituted the act of creating a public, historical self." Since literacy presented slaves with a means in which to assert their ... ...
... . The struggle between good and evil and the effects that sins have on community are the central idea of The Scarlet Letter. In his short essay called "What's in a Name", Henry Louis Gates talks about how the name "George" was demeaning and very offensive. Gates and his father were out for ice cream when Mr. Wilson came by. Mr. Wilson called ... ...
