Timothy goes to jail

The theme for section 19 can be easily identified as brotherhood. The images clearly depict himself as a wanderer who travels from town to town, gaining knowledge and experience. During those travels he encounters many people, slaves,thieves, officials, rulers, and he stops to greet each one of them. These examples portray the theme brotherhood, in the way that he demonstrates his trust in the common man. The theme brotherhood is also a major theme in phase 3 as Whitman starts to identify himself to the readers.

Brotherhood is an important theme throughout the phase and demonstrated by the images Whitman presents in section 19. Whitman creates a character who is generous and unbiased to anyone. He doesn’t slight to any person, be it good or evil. “It is for the wicked just the same as the righteous, I make appointments with all, I will not have a single person slighted or left away.” Whitman’s iron wi...