a literary representation for a white reading public. In order to do that her writings were subjected to linguistic codes and literary conventions. She had to write about an unconventional thing, slavery, in a conventional way. In doing so, the writings become transformed into something that doesn't represent her slave culture. However, Jacobs believed that the topic of sexual abuse of slave women, which is an unconventional matter, should be brought forth into public discussions. She writes about her sexual history in a manner that politicizes it, which is unusual for someone to do during those times. Also, to try to keep a sense of slave culture within her telling of her life, in parts of the writings she talks in "slave language". For example, she refers to God throughout her story, which reflects how God and faith were important aspects in a slave's life and in their culture. Throughout the story of Jacobs' life, you can see that Jacobs does use many effective techniques to get her point across. Her story was very powerful and probably helped in the antislavery movement, therefore fulfilling her goal. In the end she is thought of as a "new kind of female hero" (497). She has gone through many hardships and she "articulates her struggle to assert her womanhood" (497). Even with her lack of a higher education, she shows intelligence throughout her writing. She had her own way of getting her points across, one being that a person could not possibly fully understand the degradation of slavery if he/she did not go through it themselves. This is a point within itself because it further relays the fact that slavery was a very horrible, evil and degrading thing....
