Comments and Questions on Chapters 5-7

GARRET IS MY PARTNER.CHAPTER 5:
         Comment: I am happy because he was able to leave the plantation and become a house slave.
         Comment: I felt sorrow for him because he had to suffer more from the cold rather than hunger.
         Question: How did he survive the winter without nothing but two shirts and a sack?
         Question: Why didn't he feel bad about leaving his brothers and sisters?
CHAPTER 6:
         Comment: I'm glad he could finally see the good in white people and realized they weren't all bad.
         Comment: I was disappointed when his new mistress who seemed nice, ended up being cruel.
         Question: Why were city slave treated better?
         Question: I understand why she stopped teaching, but why did she become cruel after all?
CHAPTER 7:
         Comment: I am glad he finally learned to read and write.
         Comment: This really is the start of Douglass' escape and career as a writer.
         Question: How did he obtain the book?
         Question: Why would the mistress go against her husband and teach him how to read and write?