Ol Massa Brrer Rabbit Analysis

Massa Brer Rabbit Slavery during the 19th century of the United States, had today's world of African Americans domesticated. Kidnapped away from their homes, slaves had no way of entertaining themselves during the free time their masters allowed them to have. Slaves did have their own stories were called the “Ol Massa” variety, and the adventures of Brer Rabbit set. Although these two sets of stories may overlap, that does not mean they are the same subgenre
The “Ol Massa” variety contains stories that consist of pure slavery. These stories show ways of how slaves had to live with the masters that owned them. The stories have a way of showing how harsh slavery was in that time period. It told stories that could make you chuckle one minute, and upset the next minute. They force the reader to think about how our equality in life can be taken for granted.
The adventures of Brer Rabbit are stories that talk about different adventures of a trickster rabbit. Brer Rabbit isn't just some ordinary rabbit. He is pretty clever at getting himself out of “sticky situations.” He represents an extreme form of behavior that people may be forced to adopt in extreme circumstances in order to survive. Brer Rabbit has paved the way for the modern day Bugs Bunny. These stories are great for entertaining the reader, …show more content…
The two stories are both written in a poorly grammatic form. The words are “made up” words that sound similar to grammatically correct words. Slaves of the 19th century were not able to correctly read and write. They were forced to write stories the only possible way they knew how. The thing that makes the stories different is by the way they are told. The “Ol Massa” variety has to deal with life of slavery. The Brer Rabbit adventures have to deal with small stories of animals. Trying to place these stories in the same genre would be difficult, because their plots are completely different from each