COMMUNITY

Definition

Community:
A group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule OR a locality inhabited by such a group

RIP VAN WINKLE: BEFORE SLEEP

• Community was close-knit
• Secluded
• Everyone knew eachother
• Happy, jolly, go with the flow
• Ignorant, but in a good way

RIP VAN WINKLE: AFTER SLEEP

• Village was bustling and busy
• Some buildings were abandoned
• When Rip came back, the first thing he was asked was what his political views were
• Village had a colder, less exciting jolly atmosphere
• "The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling tone about it"

Incidents in the life of a slavegirl "Bad as are the laws and customs in a slaveholding community the doctordeemed it prudent to keep up some outward show of decency."

• "Bad as are the laws and customs in a slaveholding community the doctordeemed it prudent to keep up some outward show of decency."
• "My owner knew of it, and sought in every way to render me miserable"
• "But even those large, venomous snakes were less dreadful to my imagination than the white men in that community called civilized"
• Did not like community, was miserable in it

Letters from New York: XXXIV

"But it never seems to have occured to these factious writers, that the proceedings which appear so ludicrous and improper in woman are also ridiculous and disgraceful in men"

"We are disgusted when we see a woman's mind overwhelmed with a torrent of learning... This is beautiful and true; but is it not likewise applicable to men."

LETTERS FROM NEW YORK CONTINUED

• She is angry that society treats woman so differently than men
• She wants people to see that men have the same qualities that are considered …

THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY IN RIP VAN WINKLE

• The community changed drastically
• Changed Rips life

THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY IN SLAVE GIRL NARRATIVE

• Her community was rough
• It motivated to her finally escape it
• The change in community she made changed her life

THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY IN THE LETTERS FROM NEW YORK

• Lydia Marie Child wrote about something that bothered her in her community
• She was an influential writer who changed how many people saw things
• Her books changed the way people thought about woman rights
• She changed her community and the way they thought

CONCLUSION

• A change in community can change your life
• A community can impact you greatly in good and bad ways
• Your community can shape who you are
• Community was the main kind of plot in each of the three literatures

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