Up From Slavery

This story so far is slightly bland to me, and it seems to take forever to get from page to page. The syntax and dictation make it an easy read, but also make it seem like I am reading a text book instead of an story. Although at first glance it seems boring at first, B.T Washington makes observations and tells us small instances that make me think about the view of the master from the slave's perspective; I would think most people keep in mind the mindset that all slaves hated their masters in a fiery show of angst, but Washington gives us a complete opposite view that shows us how slaves would lay down their lives in service to their masters needs. I also liked how he laid out the setting and environment that the slaves live in every day; their houses were poorly built with holes and missing parts, and he even described how poorly every meal seemed in comparison to his white masters in the "big house".