In Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, the main protagonist, Linda Brent escapes from her slave master, Mr. Flint to an attic. The attic is substantially small, in which there is little room to move or even sit. Linda peers through a peephole, where she is able to glimpse her children. The peephole and the confined space significantly correlate with the plot’s theme of freedom. Although Linda suffers physically in the confined space, she contentedly chooses to remain in the attic. Similarly to her affair with Mr. Sands, making her own decisions exhibits freedom. As a result, her confinement in the cramped area is a form of psychological freedom.
Donald Ung
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