Her book Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1852, showed not only how slavery brutalized the men and women who were forced to endure it, but also how the establishment of slavery affected slaveholders. Stowe personalized the experiences and effects of slavery and convinced many Americans that slavery was morally wrong. This book later served as fuel to the abolitionist cause of ending the war. Uncle Tom's Cabin is dominated by a single theme: the evil and immorality of slavery. While Stowe has other subthemes throughout her text, such as the moral authority of motherhood and the redeeming possibilities offered by Christianity, she emphasizes the connections between these and the horrors of slavery.
The novels A Captivity Narrative written by Mary Rowlandson and Olaudah Equiano written by Olaudah Equiano are similar in their purposes. In both, A Captivity Narrative and Olaudah Equiano, the authors tell first hand of what happened. The first hand knowledge led to facts of what really happened but each author wrote their story in order to get people on their side. For example, Rowlandson wanted people to see the Native Americans as evil even though her people were taking their land. Then, in Equiano’s case, he wants people to see the cruel side of slavery and for people to join the abolitionists.
The thought and idea of slavery led people to believe that such a cruel and devastating thing only happen in the South, but the North had its up’s and downs as well. Certain aspects of slavery are portrayed in the novel Narrative of Sojourner Truth. The great amount of loyalty that the slaves had toward their religion and how some masters lacked the respect and loyalty for their slaves was overwhelming. The suffering that the greatly affected families went through due to the unwilling split up from the ones they love such as your husband and children as they were sold to different masters. This novel refreshes the mind on the level of intensity these people were put through, morally, physically and emotionally.
One could immediately say that this is because of her position at the time. Behn, being a woman, faced many prejudices from male writers and critics, although she was praised by some. Yet the anthology introduction states that she openly signed her name and talked back to critics. If this is true why would she be afraid to take a more open stance towards the question of slavery. Why does the antislavery perspective have to come from a slave, someone who is obviously going to be antislavery and not that of someone with a higher rank in society whose feelings toward the issue would be more considered.
Boaz, Ruth’s “kinsman redeemer” rescues Ruth and Naomi from an impossible situation. This is a fantastic illustration of how Jesus Christ redeems our lives. There are many purposes for the book of Ruth. I believe the main purpose is to teach us how to have faith in the midst of darkness. II.
His other allies include Rebecca Nurse, who is known far and wide for her charity and goodness, and Martha Corey, a quick-witted yet Godly woman. With his arrival, Hale embarks on a journey to seek the truth in Salem, but struggles to find it in the religion that he once believed in so firmly and his views of the aspects of Christianity transform. At the beginning, John Hale is fully prepared to stop the witchcraft that has threatened the town. When he arrives, Reverend Parris remarks, “My, they’re heavy,” to which Hale responds, “they must be, they are weighted with authority.” (38) All throughout Act I Hale believes that these books and the knowledge of the devil will eliminate the questions and superstition that the townspeople were muttering about. He insists that he will not look to superstition and that his knowledge and books point to the fact that “the Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are as definite as stone,” (40).
The irony in Christianity lied within the justification of slavery. This justification was in the method of twisting the Bibles meaning. Such as in Ephesians, when the Lord tells us that Slaves are to be obedient to their masters, but also for the masters to not harm their servants; exemplifying that the action of Christians was taken out of context of the bible. As time pressed on in America, African Americans became more understanding to the religion of Christianity. In 1775, the Revolutionary war began, resolving the issue of liberty among the Colonists to British oppression.
Irony is embodied largely in the justification of slavery through religion, as well as in the obliviousness of the slaveholders to the same, if not harsher, oppression they motivated after having fought against it in the American Revolution only decades before. Douglass’ diction is important to the readers understanding of the events in the story and the severity surrounding them. It also makes the whole engagement more enticing not only because it elucidates and canonizes emotions in the novel, but also because it helps to create imagery in the readers mind. He is also able to use diction and imagery to construct eloquent passages that are at the same time punctual and yet have deep emotional tolls on the reader. One such example is embodied on page in the text, “Mr.
Marcus Rediker describes The Slave Ship as "a painful book to write." But it does not hurt to read how he could hope for. In The Slave Ship: History of Rights Rediker describes the slave trade through the eyes of its participants
Uncle Tom’s Cabin American written history tries to record what this nation has passed through in its growth, but the mere recording of facts sometimes conveys less than the truth of the events that have occurred. The “event” of slavery is one such grand illustration. History books don’t even come close to showing the barbarous, inhumane, insanely cruel treatment black slaves were routinely subject to under the bondage of distorted thinking. Perhaps of more importance, history doesn’t convey the eternal significance of spirituality in this enslaved race of people from the African continent. Where history falls short in educating one about slavery in America, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, carries a person to a place where it can be seen, heard, and felt.