freedom

Mrs. Bruce offers to buy Linda and give her freedom. Linda disagrees with Mrs. Bruce’s idea and turns down the offer. However, Mrs. Bruce buys Linda anyways, and Linda was finally free. At the end of the book, Linda has mixed feelings about this because of three different reasons. One is that she gained her freedom in a rather unusual way, which seems to make her uncomfortable because now she owes Mrs. Bruce. Overall, she seems pretty happy to be free. The reason number two is because she can’t erase the past. Even though she is a free woman, she still has to face prejudices. Also, she can’t forget what happened to her as a slave and how people treated her and her family. Lastly, the last reason why she has mixed feelings is because being free does not necessary mean that she has a “normal” life. at the end of the book, she briefly talks about how she does not have a house where she lives with her children. She is missing the “normal” bits of life, which leads her to feel sad about her life, but at the same time she is free at last.