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For the topic, I found this piece almost humorous. The writer seems to be putting forth a conspiracy theory that the man intentionally lured his very innocent victim into the state of needing to become a prostitute to pay for her bills. This article portrays a young country girl, innocent in the ways of the world, as a victim to the evils of both male immorality (sex) and the city. Exaggerated and a little over the top, I am sure it received plenty of attention, but also very pointedly displaying the evils of sex and prostitution.-- Elyse Lawrence | For the topic, I found this piece almost humorous. The writer seems to be putting forth a conspiracy theory that the man intentionally lured his very innocent victim into the state of needing to become a prostitute to pay for her bills. This article portrays a young country girl, innocent in the ways of the world, as a victim to the evils of both male immorality (sex) and the city. Exaggerated and a little over the top, I am sure it received plenty of attention, but also very pointedly displaying the evils of sex and prostitution.-- Elyse Lawrence | ||
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| + | I agree that this piece is kind of funny. It makes this girl sound so naive, like she had no idea what she was getting herself into. She may not have. However, I doubt that she was tricked into prostitution. Women may not have had a lot of rights but they were not stupid. It was kind of creepy that this was going on at a circus. I'm sure this story helped motivate people to be against prostitution. Well, at least the ladies. I'm sure most men didn't really care what prostitutes had to go through, since the prostitutes were doing business with them. -Katelyn Lease | ||
== Maria Stewart, 1831, “O, Ye Daughters of Africa, Awake!” in the Liberator. == | == Maria Stewart, 1831, “O, Ye Daughters of Africa, Awake!” in the Liberator. == | ||
