Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Chapters IV- V
In chapter eight Eliza crosses the Ohio River from Kentucky to Ohio and a man on the bank helps her. She was pointed to a house that would help her and it was the senators house and that day legislature was passed so escaped slaves from Kentucky are to be returned. The senator brings her to a safe house and helps her even when the risks for him would be the most severe. When I started the chapter I was very worried that she would be turned away or even worse returned to Kentucky, but she was helped.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Chapters I-VIII)
I chose to read the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" because it is considered to be the book that started the Civil War it also has numerous awards and exceptional reviews. The first few chapters is a running start for readers. Many important characters are introduced as well as their past and important events in their life. I have had to (on many occasions) "Google" the definition of words.The type of language used in his book is so foreign it is very difficult and slow to read (and I am a normally very fast reader). Harriet Beecher Stowe the author includes so many adjectives that the reader feels that they had lived the moment being described.
The reader feels the emotion of the character, their joy, despair, disgust, and sorrow. In Harriet Beecher Stowe's writing even the characters deep southern accent is detectable due to the way she uses and accents words. I feel so much sadness for Eliza because her husband is almost being worked to death and her only child is being sold away from her. I am glad but yet apprehensive that Eliza is running away. If Eliza is caught after she runs away even though she isn't Haley's (the slave trader) slave he will probably keep her and punish her. When I read page 43 where Harry (Eliza's Son) asks Eliza if he can sleep, and while he is asleep will she keep him safe from the bad man. When I read this my heart broke into 1,000 pieces. The pure innocence and lack of understanding of the child is so sincere, I think that is the most heart wrenching line I have ever read. To be honest it is hard to describe with words how this line makes a reader feel.
The reader feels the emotion of the character, their joy, despair, disgust, and sorrow. In Harriet Beecher Stowe's writing even the characters deep southern accent is detectable due to the way she uses and accents words. I feel so much sadness for Eliza because her husband is almost being worked to death and her only child is being sold away from her. I am glad but yet apprehensive that Eliza is running away. If Eliza is caught after she runs away even though she isn't Haley's (the slave trader) slave he will probably keep her and punish her. When I read page 43 where Harry (Eliza's Son) asks Eliza if he can sleep, and while he is asleep will she keep him safe from the bad man. When I read this my heart broke into 1,000 pieces. The pure innocence and lack of understanding of the child is so sincere, I think that is the most heart wrenching line I have ever read. To be honest it is hard to describe with words how this line makes a reader feel.
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