She roars, “If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they are asking to do it, the men better let them” (Paragraph 5). This antithesis fights for the rights of women because it shows the sheer strength of females, and shows that one woman may have ruined something, but if one woman has the power to break it, then millions definitely have the power to fix it. Sojourner Truth was a feminist and civil rights advocate way ahead of her time, but she was able to pull the values of the people living in her time period together to create a strong argument for the rights of women. She was able to pull into the personalities of every listener and reader and if not sway completely, begin to pull people toward the growing support of civil rights in this speech by creating a very valid and trustworthy
She roars, “If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they are asking to do it, the men better let them” (Paragraph 5). This antithesis fights for the rights of women because it shows the sheer strength of females, and shows that one woman may have ruined something, but if one woman has the power to break it, then millions definitely have the power to fix it. Sojourner Truth was a feminist and civil rights advocate way ahead of her time, but she was able to pull the values of the people living in her time period together to create a strong argument for the rights of women. She was able to pull into the personalities of every listener and reader and if not sway completely, begin to pull people toward the growing support of civil rights in this speech by creating a very valid and trustworthy