A True story

                                                                      A True story

           “ A True story” is written by Mark Twain ( 1825 – 1910). His real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He is born in Floridas in the united states. He becomes one of America's most widely read authors. His work show a penetrating insight into contemporary society. He seems to be very concerned for human suffering. His best known works are “ The adventures of Tom sawyer”, “ The adventures Huckleberry finn” etc.

          In this story two characters are major Master – C and Aunt Rachel. Master – c is narrator. Aunt Rachel was a servant because she was black woman.Narrator asks some questions and then Aunt Rachel said about her happy life and to share her secret with him. She said that she had a lots of trouble in her life. She had a loving and faithful husband and seven children but unfortunately her husband and six children were sold in an auction. Then her last seven son Henry was also sold, she try to saved him, but she can't but before that he said his mother that he would buy freedom for her. As time passed she got aged , though she become the slave of colonel's house. But one day she met her seventh son Henry in one party at colonel's home. Henery become a soldier.

              So, here Mark Twain shows the conndition of Negro people. Writer draws a picture of slavery in south America before it is abolished. Black people belived that they were born to be slave, because some of the colouerd people tried to get that position in society. So , we can say that this story is about one Negro woman's pain and suffering, because at that time Negro slave were sold and made to live in inhuman conditions. And the writer underlines the women 's pathetic condition and several problems in their life.

              Here i want to add some my views regarding this story that, here we find the main thing is power and culture. American white people ruled on black negro people. We can see that how they were marginalized people. Here we can apply the term colonialism.Black people known as colonized people . Black women became double marginalized in society. Because one side white ruled , and other side men always dominant in society. So in cultural studies Gayatri chakravarty Spivak wrote one beautiful work “Can Subaltern Speak?” White people always behave like “ Self and other” with black people.