UTC Writing I

Text to Text

Deuteronomy 31:6

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

            Throughout the book so far, I am constantly thinking of this verse. As I read about how Eliza is running away with her son in order to save him from being sold, I can’t really imagine how difficult it must be for her to actually go on. The reason why I really keep thinking of this verse is because Eliza herself emphasizes that God is always there with her and gives her strength. Really without that thought going through her mind, I doubt that she would have been able to get as far as she has now. All we need to do is put our faith in Him and He would never leave us, even when it seems like we are all alone.

Text to Self

            As I was reading, I was totally lost at some points due to the completely different dialect. Yes, I understand, it is English, but with all the southern accents, I’m getting lost in my own thoughts as I try to read what is being said. And also I start hearing southern voices in my head and sometimes it drives me crazy because I’m doing other work and my thoughts are still talking in an accent. With the different dialect, the thought about how back then certain language was not much of a bother to them as it is today. It shows how man throughout the years have twisted the human language from something that was totally normal for someone in that time to say, but in modern time, that exact word could be taken as extremely offensive and cause so much issues.

Text to World

            Pretty much this entire book reminds me of the countless history lessons we had about slavery and how it brought about the Civil War in America. However, as I am reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the point-of-view is completely different from the lessons that I learned. Instead of just hearing about how slavery was terrible and that all the blacks were mistreated by the whites, the book provides a view from a black family perspective. Although I knew about the Underground Railroad which helped runaway slaves escape, I never really thought much about it. Uncle Tom’s Cabin sheds some light on how the blacks felt during this time and how they had to face so much danger as they tried to escape. Although I know that all men are equal, just this perspective from a slave shows me that although they were thoughts less during that time, a slave was just the same as a white man, a human. They all have their own personality, the emotions, and the dreams of any other human. I guess the book has opened my eyes more on the fact that everyone is a creation of God and that we are all equal no matter our race or our status in society.