C.S. Lewis once said: “You can make anything by writing”.\u00a0 This is a sentiment that has compelled countless authors to carry on and complete their stories for ages.\u00a0 We write to draw readers into our world, with the ever blazing hope that they may see things in a different light.\u00a0 We pour our pains and passions onto paper, for we know the power of the pen is\u00a0 unrivaled.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of us use this potent power to construct castles and far away kingdoms, where magic is limitless.\u00a0 Others feel an unshakable need to open the reader’s eyes to some\u00a0abysmal truth; a grave issue that gnaws at our conscience.\u00a0 So, with a heavy heart, we wield an iron pen and prepare for battle. \u00a0 Harriet Beecher Stowe must have felt this very need when she crafted her\u00a0prominent novel,\u00a0Uncle Tom’s Cabin<\/em>.\u00a0 Outraged by the passing of the Fugitive Slave Laws in 1850,\u00a0 which prohibited any acts of protection toward runaway slaves; Stowe refused to keep silent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With every stroke of her pen, she shattered the\u00a0preposterous notion that seemed to govern the thoughts of many: ‘no need to be concerned with slavery’.\u00a0 Provoked by distressing accounts of just how poorly slaves were treated by their masters, Stowe allowed rage to fuel her inspiration. \u00a0Uncle Tom’s Cabin<\/em> introduces the reader to the cruel nature of slavery and the\u00a0 detrimental impact it has on families.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Though the novel is indeed a work of fiction, it is a far cry from unrealistic.\u00a0 It was influenced by the prejudice and violence that scarred America in the 19th century.\u00a0 Stowe not only created realistic circumstances in her novel, she also created fairly pragmatic characters as well.\u00a0 As humans, we all have our own personal flaws engraved within us.\u00a0 By giving her characters certain imperfect qualities, we are able to form various opinions about them.\u00a0 As readers, we soon begin to connect with them on a deeper level.\u00a0 We sympathize with a character’s suffering and are utterly destroyed when they are ripped away from the plot in a brutal manner. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is no accident, Stowe intended for readers to be overcome with anger and grief.\u00a0 For if the tragic death of a fictional character moves us, we obviously cared for the fate of individual.\u00a0 This is desired reaction Stowe had in mind when she put pen to paper.\u00a0 She wanted to stir the emotions of many, in hopes that their shock would invoke a major change of thinking. Stowe’s story succeeded in rattling the nation’s view on slavery and served as a catalyst for the bloodiest American war; which resulted in the freeing of several slaves.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Miranda Alexander C.S. Lewis once said: “You can make anything by writing”.\u00a0 This is a sentiment that has compelled countless authors to carry on and complete their stories for ages.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[340],"tags":[346,102],"class_list":["post-3780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literary-studies","tag-american-literature","tag-best-of-language","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3780"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3826,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3780\/revisions\/3826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freedomshillprimer.com\/institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}