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his medical treatment. “More than fear of loving bears or birds bigger than cows, I
fear pathless night. How I wonder, can I find you in the dark? Now at last there is a way. I have orders. It is arranged” 2009: 5. In a way, she feels so scary because
in th e dark, she can‟t see any path or a way to go. Because of the order of her
Mistress, she continues her journey. Even though the situation is quiet appalling to her, she is brave persistently
. “My head is light with the confusion of two things, hunger for y
ou and scare if I‟m lost. Nothing frights me more than this errand and nothing is more temptation” 2009: 4. Under her Mistress‟s errand, she thought
the risk that she gets in the middle of her journey. She is afraid if she lost in the middle of her errand. Although she is afraid of the situation, she unchanged her
mind to continue her errand to find blacksmith whatever situation is. Therefore, she bears down her afraid and faces it bravely.
In the middle of journey to get blacksmith, Florens needs a shelter for one night to get protection in the wilderness. “I decide to knock the door of the larger
house, one that will have servant inside. Soon as I knock a woman opens the door 2009: 106. In that situation, Florens
doesn‟t have any choice to choose except to find somebody
‟s house to protect herself from the wild animals and the strange men. Without any fear, she is brave to knock Widow Ealing
‟s door whatever the situation is better or worse.
I am not understanding anything except than I am in danger as the dog‟s
head shows and Mistress is my only defense. I shout, wait. I shout, please sir. I think they have shock that I can talk. Let me show you my letter I say
quieter 2009: 111 The situation gets worse, in the Widow Ealing house, Florens is against by
many white people. She is pretended as black‟s man minion. They ignore Florens
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as nobody. Suddenly, Florens shouts out to the society bravely. She explains that she is under the errand of her Mistress who gets illness. Then she shows up the
Mistress‟s letter to prove that she is in the errand. Florens is brave, it is seen by her action, her conversation and her thought.