Necklace

In Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Linda's daughter was given a golden necklace out of kindness from a lady. When Linda saw her give her daughter the necklace she was very upset and reminded her of the past. Linda becomes very upset with the necklace given to her daughter because it reminds her of the chains in slavery. She relates the gold chain to chains used in slavery and how hurtful they are to slaves. She thinks about how she never wants her child to ever feel what it feels like to be in chains. Even though it is just a necklace Linda can't think of it in any other way than chains in slavery. I understand where Linda is coming from when she doesn't like the idea of her daughter having a chain around her neck, but the necklace was given because the lady felt bad for her not because she was mean and was relating it to slaves. I also don't think she should have over reacted the way she did because a necklace is a lot different than the chains slaves had to wear. Overall I believe that why Linda was upset was understandable, but she shouldn't have over reacted when all the lady was doing was trying to be nice.