Julie Borrego
English 48A
Journal for Stowe


"Then you will feel for me. I have lost two, one after another, -left'em buried there when I cam away; and I had only this one left. I never slept a night without him; he was all I had." (Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin)

"There is more done with pens than swords" (Stowe)

Summary:

Eliza is speaking in the quote from Uncle Tom's Cabin. She is explaining to Mr. and Mrs. Bird why she had left her master. Her one and only living child is the only thing she has left to live for in this world and she was not going to let them sell him to a slave trader.

As for Stowe's personal quote regarding, how literature and books are so much more powerful than violence is.

My Ideas:

I feel that Stowe was such a brave and powerful woman to have written such a controversial book. While reading you can tell that each word was carefully chosen to evoke a certain feeling. Especially as woman, I felt the the struggle of a mother trying to save her child from the unknown. Very powerful and very smart to play on emotions when you want people to side with your way of thinking. And to make such an impact on people as a woman, during the 1800's was amazing. I believe that Stowe was so successful, because her father encouraged his children regardless of being a women to become educated.