Courage
...d as an outcome of a beating by the Overseer when she was a little child. During life on the plantation, Jane worked in the Big House as a slave and took care of the white children. In the same place, Colonel Brown, the Union soldier said, that she will soon be free and can then visit Ohio. Colonel Brown told her to change her name and offers the name Jane Brown. When her mistress calls her “Ticey,” she rejects to answer. One day, Jane’s mistress was calling her with the old name; she stood up straight, face to face, and said, “My name is no longer Ticey.” At that moment, Jane did not realize what would be the consequences of being rude toward her mistress. Then her mistress beats her a lot until she bleeds but they cannot make her say “Ticey” is her name. The “Patrollers” met all the slaves before starting for Ohio; they kill most of the people in that place except for Big Laura’s son, Ned and Jane. Then Jane went to the East of Louisiana, thinking she has found Ohio. In this area, some white people met her and inform her that she is still in Louisiana; and she tells them that she is looking for Brown. They tell her that there are so many Browns, which one are you looking for? At that moment she felt that her hope has lost, and there is, only one thing that she has is Ned to take care. All the way through the book, Jane stays with the first name Jane, except that she gets the last name Pittman. Joe Pittman, Jane’s husband, he is likable, kind and tough. He was the kind of man, who showed the true manhood. After Ned went to Kansas, Jane lived with Joe Pittman by being his wife, and he took well care of her. When Joe Pittman died, she kept his last name fore...