er sisters are much more beautiful than her. Her mother constantly diminishes her sense of self worth and Seaweed describes her as accusatory with eyes that ôàwere like a shiny kitchen knife that could chop me into shredded pork at any momentö (Ping, p. 11). Seaweed is similar to Douglass in that she has the courage to overcome her oppressive environment and she is willing to sacrifice like Douglass did in order to achieve success for herself. Along these lines, she has the courage to leave her family and live in a small filthy village for two years so she has the opportunity to advance herself. Both Seaweed and Douglass develop a greater sense of self worth and identity through such qualities as courage and self-sacrifice. Short of food, Douglass (p. 40) is willing to provide bread to the white children in his town so they can help him learn to read, ôAs many of them as I could, I converted int
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