"Aren't I a Woman?"Lit. Response

Sojourner Truth does a good job in basically every aspect of “Aren’t I a Woman?” She used strong physical language, she was a speaker that was very good with this. Not only did she have good movement, Truth also had evidence that related back into her life and the lives of those around her. Her appeals to logic, emotion, and humanity proved to be effective in this speech. She had come from a tough position that gave her these life experiences and enough proof to argue against her accusers and use their own words against them. Her speaking was a lot more colorful than other blacks in the time period, or women in general.
Throughout the speech, she had an example for just about everything, often using her own body as the proof. She would give tell of things that happened to other women, who were all right, then she asked why she wasn’t treated the same. It’s an effective appeal to emotion, because this is the way we would all want to be treated, as what we are no matter what color we are. Truth never specifically brings up the race argument, because she knows it isn’t one that would prove her point. She doesn’t just fight for black rights, she fights for women too. Any argument she used was proven using real-life evidence. An ethos appeal is given off from this. Since she has been through all of this and isn’t on the other side of the argument, she has established credibility in the subject.
Truth said that the intellect of a person has nothing to do with their rights. She gave an example, the same one a minister used, about a cup being able to hold more than hers. She thought it was only right for the person with more to share. I believe this means that someone with more knowledge and earnings should give to those who have less ability. This is one problem I came across when reading Truth’s speech. The speech loses some of the timelessness because some people of today won’t understand it. It worked effectively on those f her time, however. They were the ones she was speaking to and wanted to change. So even this problem leaves her with a strong speech centered around rights.
She established eye contact with those who were against her, and sometimes pointed at them too. This brought them into the argument, and it was an intimidating idea to be pointed out in a large crowd. She could use the crowd as an advantage and while the accused was off guard she could use their words against them and tell them exactly why they are wrong. When Sojourner did this, she left few gaps or holes for them to argue back against. This left them virtually silent. This technique can also give credibility to a speaker. The ability to make those that come against you become silent is a sign of power.
Truth did a good job on this possibly impromptu speech. However, the ending could have been made better. She simply ended by saying she had nothing else to say, when she should have ended with the last statement she made that gave her the long applause. Though the ending may have been weak, the part before it was still effective throughout. Sojourner left very little to argue against, could keep the audience’s attention, and gave an example for every argument she brought up. There are few things that could have been done to make this speech better.