ARGUMENTATION : Sarah Gudger

           Slavery has existed for hundreds of centuries, separating families without remorse. Ripping away the love that only a mother can fully fill within a children's heart. Sarah Gudger, a 121 year old woman shares her painful experience of having her mom taken from her due to slavery. She states that 'the stars don't shine as bright as they did back then' having said that she puts herself in a state of some kind of depression. Of course who wouldn't be quite depressed if their mom got seized from them at such a young age. I agree that the stars wouldn't shine as bright as they did back then if my mom would have been taken from me due to: the lack of happiness, the resentment, and depression. 

           Happiness is due to the chemical released from your brain, which is dopamine and can be released by showing acts of love, being shown love or other events. Withholding someone precious to a persons life can furthermore restrain that chemical leading to resentment and depression. Sarah Gudger had to pass through the most important face of her life without the most important person a child could have, which are her parents.She was a small child when this event had occurred and a century later, she still remembers it with clarity, having a traumatic impact in her life. That is why her starts don't shine as bright as they did before. It could be interpreted as a metaphor that shows how her life has changed due to slavery. Resenting those who cause her world to go dull, could also be the reason why her starts don't shine as bright as they used to before, because her life has gone dull. There is also the problem with depression where everything goes dark and there are just events where can make her a tad bit happy, but her world goes back to being dark.

             There are many different ways her perspective could be interpreted, although it could just be a metaphor for having her mom taken away. Everything just dimmed down. Slavery is something that was very popular, having it happen to thousands of children. There are different levels, according to each child, who take into these traumatic experiences into account throughout their whole life. There are other children who decide to forgive and move on. She could have done something to fulfill that void resonating in her life. There are different ways every person deals with their problems, its just in their will to make the change or have the same attitude of when the incident happened.