Examples of Critical Support Paragraphs #1: This paper’s three critical support paragraphs cover Experiences, Religion, and People Among the many influences that inspired is the collection of Uncle Tom’s Cabin experiences Stowe had throughout her lifetime, and they are conspicuously reflected throughout her novel. On July 30, 1836, Harriet had “her first upclose look at slavery” (Elliot 17) when several hundred men in a mob stormed the streets of Cincinnati, Ohio (4). Witnessing this riot transformed and it was from that was missing Stowe’s life, moment on she believed “something from her and she heard stories of life” (6). “Hatty knew people who helped escaped slaves, abuse, rape, and the heartbreak of and of these stories would separated families” (17), “many come to life 17 years later in the pages of was a minister Cabin” Uncle Tom’s (20). John Rankin Stowe knew who helped slaves in the Underground Railroad (20), and it was from this up-close encounter with this system that she drew much of the muse for her was novel’s plot. “Cincinnati a station on the underground railroad, and though not all the details can now be authenticated, we can experiences with slaveholders and abolitionists in many incidents and see Harriet’s own her episodes” (Wagenknecht 157). Clearly, Eliza’s journey through various households along path to freedom reflects these stories and experiences Stowe encountered involving the Underground Railroad. During the early autumn of 1833, Harriet and her friend Mary Dutton went across the Ohio River by ferry (Gerson 38). Not only was the Ohio River an important element in novel when the turbid current by the shore, on the Stowe’s Eliza “vaulted sheer over raft of her destination at a plantation owned by one of Samuel ice beyond” (Stowe 69), but also later depicted in as the plantation of Cabin Foote’s friends “was Uncle Tom’s Colonel Shelby” (Gerson 38). Personal experiences with African Americans were an essential element within in her novel as well. In 1839, Stowe hired a black girl as a servant, and although this girl was
Examples of Critical Support Paragraphs #1: This paper’s three critical support paragraphs cover Experiences, Religion, and People Among the many influences that inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin is the collection of experiences Stowe had throughout her lifetime, and they are conspicuously reflected throughout her novel. On July 30, 1836, Harriet had “her first upclose look at slavery” (Elliot 17) when several hundred men in a mob stormed the streets of Cincinnati, Ohio (4). Witnessing this riot transformed Stowe’s life, and it was from that moment on she believed “something was missing from her life” (6). “Hatty knew people who helped escaped slaves, and she heard stories of abuse, rape, and the heartbreak of separated families” (17), and “many of these stories would come to life 17 years later in the pages of Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (20). John Rankin was a minister Stowe knew who helped slaves in the Underground Railroad (20), and it was from this up-close encounter with this system that she drew much of the muse for her novel’s plot. “Cincinnati was a station on the underground railroad, and though not all the details can now be authenticated, we can see Harriet’s own experiences with slaveholders and abolitionists in many incidents and episodes” (Wagenknecht 157). Clearly, Eliza’s journey through various households along her path to freedom reflects these stories and experiences Stowe encountered involving the Underground Railroad. During the early autumn of 1833, Harriet and her friend Mary Dutton went across the Ohio River by ferry (Gerson 38). Not only was the Ohio River an important element in Stowe’s novel when Eliza “vaulted sheer over the turbid current by the shore, on the raft of ice beyond” (Stowe 69), but also her destination at a plantation owned by one of Samuel Foote’s friends “was later depicted in Uncle Tom’s Cabin as the plantation of Colonel Shelby” (Gerson 38). Personal experiences with African Americans were an essential element within in her novel as well. In 1839, Stowe hired a black girl as a servant, and although this girl was
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