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My cake is on top of a table held up by four legs, but one leg is being removed so what do you think is going to happen to my fruitcake? The homelessness and the mental illness of our society keep growing as I watch only because of my own circumstances . Family members or someone acquaintance of yours has experienced a season of emotions involving issues related to homelessness or mental illness. Quixotic, I believe life alone brings seasons we travel and our journeys collide with ugly things. History and its cruel people have given us choices not favorable to the moral standard of the United States of America as I look at the disparity of race.

First example, we travel back to 1930-50’s and skin complexion influences your acceptance or rejection for entering into the white privileged arena. Hair texture comb test; maybe you haven’t heard but, in the south, to enter places where black was not allowed, if you look white and your hair past the texture test you could be included in white only places. A myth or not scholars? I doubt it, because so many people's ignorance does affect dark skinned people I heard in other cultures as well as I listen to Amara la Negra express in one of her videos to confirm my position.

Predecessors meantime society views are express and you see trophy wives as not dark-skinned women but those who are cognizance successful black men or dark-skinned children experience bullies in the 1960’s the early 70’s as a 4th grader could be teased for example called “black Jesus” or “smut catcher” it’s true and it’s a black boy using the terms.

Yet Amara la Negra expresses her dark skin....I see this child now an adult remembering the rejects and many more of us are out there.

Inspiration Thoughts

To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heavens:

• A time to be born, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted:

• A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

• A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance:

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• A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

• A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to cast away;

• A time to rend, and a time to sew: a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

• A time to love, and a time to hate: a time of war, and a time of peace. (Ecclesiastes)

Mental Illness and Homelessness

Again, my fruitcake is on top of the table giving all you can to loved ones can be especially exhausting as you place so much of your time and seasons of love to keep peace in the family. The escape of a relationship with a mental person of a toxic disillusioned person therefore you have to make a decision to separate from the individual or individuals for damage control in your surrounding. The complication of layers of issues or many so learned your limitations is important but freedom cannot be taken away from the person with the illness. It’s complicated but overwhelming as you search for a solution and lack support because of the evil spirit controlling the individual in some situations. Desensitize organizations to connect family with laws of private issues keeping monies a systematic profit to those who benefit from the laws. The significance of images I see during emotional freedom is spiritual maturity.

Redemption

Clean, wash and purge avoidance is no longer an option for us, pre-COVID activities. I share with you an essay I wrote a historical story I share with you because my race sobriety simply ignoring is dangerous to keep us untainted ideals and dreams to disappear in the wind. It's not right.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe is known primarily today for her antislavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Stowe also interpreted the life of her native New England in a series of novels, stories, and sketches. In Uncle Tom's Cabin " she assembled a mass of sources and analogues for the characters and incidents of this most famous novel. Not until the Stowe moved to Brunswick, Maine, in 1850, however, did she think of writing about slavery. Then, urged by her brother Henry, by then a prominent minister in Brooklyn, New York, and by other family members in the wake of Congress's enactment of the Fugitive Slave Act, and spurred by a vision she experienced at a church service, she began to construct Uncle Tom's Cabin".( Critical Survey of long fiction, Vol 6)

This book bas helped me open my heart more to the slaves' attitudes of strength, and the slaves owner's differences, such as individual character, morals, beliefs, and understanding during the 1800's. In the different situations of people, whether a slave, a master, a wife, a brutal trader or slave catcher, the focuses on good or bad gave results to them all. One of my thoughts after the first few chapters of Uncle Tom's Cabin is to have the conclusion that money problems can lead to the root of all evil. The debt position of Master Shelby was bad and it caused him to decide to sell slaves from his plantation. His hesitation brought on interesting conversations between him and the brutal slave trader, Haley, about moral issues.

Ail incident that would change a slave woman's life when entering the room, holding her baby, where the meeting was taking place about debt problems of her master and a brutal trader, as the eyes of the trader moved toward the sight of her child, must have helped her conclude who he was. The instinct of Elizabeth's assertiveness caused the fear of danger to

approach her feelings after she left the room. Later, emotionally talking with Mrs. Shelby, the master's wife, about her suspicion, yet still after assurances by Mrs. Shelby that her husband would never sell slaves, Elizabeth still remained open to her own suspicions. She decided to ear- drop on the master and his wife's conversation that night. The timing was good, because she had only hours to take a plan of action, shortly after overhearing the confession of Master Shelby to his wife. The unfortunate changes would occur in Elizabeth's life as the result of her master's choices. Now her four year old son Harry, and Tom, had been sold to be moved to the South.

The expression of the author is written so as to give the readers more understanding of Elizabeth's feelings during the running away episode. The description of Elizabeth's son riding on her back, holding tightly to her, as her son asked about the trader or slave catchers getting him, and his mother assuring him before he fell to sleep on her back, she answered him, "No! So may God help me!", said his mother, with a paler cheek and a brighter light in her large dark eyes." The author expresses how the voice of the mother sounded, "in a voice that startled herself; for it seemed to her to come from a spirit within, that was no part of her; and the boy dropped bis little weary head on her shoulder and was soon asleep. How the touch of those warm arms, and gentle breathings that came in her neck, seemed to add fire and spirit to her movements. It seemed to her as if strength poured into her in electric streams, from every gentle touch and movement of the sleeping, confiding child. Sublime is the dominion of the mind over the body, that, for a time, can make flesh and nerve impregnable, and string the sinews like steel, so that the weak become so mighty."

The book showed the "absence of laws" that would help the slave's lives. Elizabeth felt that if she found Canada she and her son would be protected. Elizabeth's husband George was very intelligent and his master used him in the factory, but after George's invention, which helped improve work at the factory, his master became jealous of George, stating George did not know his place and held his head too high. George was sent back to the

fields and branded on his hand to prove to him he was a slave. George had suffered humiliation. He had spoken to Elizabeth before the events led to her escaping, avoiding losing her son Harry. George ran away to face death rather than deal with the humiliation of his master, who had made some kind of turn-around attitude towards George. Now, surprisingly to them both, time had brought them back together through their effort to escape as slaves. They both had ran away from the brutal life or future at the plantation. Heading to Canada they met at the Quaker Village, which was unbelievable happiness for them during their stay at the home of Rachel and her family. George felt this reunion with his family brought his heart an understanding of God, as the author wrote "began to encircle his heart, the provision of God was evident to him at this moment." The Quakers talked of God in conversations, and the son talked of the old slave-holders! The Quakers were very instrumental in helping join Elizabeth and George together again, and in their escaping the hands of the slave catchers. They helped them travel the unfamiliar roads that lead to Canada from New Orleans.

Tom's experiences, after Mr. Shelby sold him, led him to the auctions with the brutal trader, Haley. He witnessed first separation of families; an unhealthy woman from her young son, and later on a steamboat, another young woman's four month old baby taken away from her by traders, which caused her to give up on life and she jumped overboard during the night. Tom's inoffensive and quiet character won him over to Haley and he was allowed to freely move around the boat during this trip. Tom's heroic action to a drowning young girl helped her father decide to buy him from the trader, and the event of his life changed again.

Tom's master, Augustine, was good, and his family was interesting, and his heart was close to the young girl. Ophelia, the master's cousin, lived with them on the plantation also. His mistress, who was a cruel woman, was little St Clare's mother. The death of little St Clare after a short sickness began to change her father. He became more of an alcoholic and he went into town often, where one night he was stabbed with a knife while being robbed. Shortly after he died, and it changed the good things of life for all the slaves, which the author expressed as, "It rose, in silent terrors, to the minds of the servants, who well knew the unfeeling, tyrannical character of the mistress in whose hands they were left". Not surprising to anyone, the mistress after talking with a lawyer, planned to sell the slaves at an auction. The slaves knew the chances of getting another good master were not great. On Tom's behalf, Ophelia told the mistress the promise of freedom for Tom. His master had promised it to little St Clare before she died and he gave the promise before his death to Tom.

Tom thought of Kentucky as home with his family, but little did he know the cruel mistress would not honor his master's promise. Ms. Ophelia had been unsuccessful in helping the mistress understand why she should live up to the master's promise. Tom died under the hands of a brutal master, Simon Legree. His treatment finally ended Tom's life shortly after master Shelby Jr's. arrival to take him home.

The escape to Canada to Montreal was successful for Elizabeth and George, who lived as a family in their new home, receiving liberation from the life of slavery.

Conclusion

Elizabeth's determination was demonstrated during the time of her crossing of the Ohio River. She barely escaped the brutal trader's hands, and God's provision was shown in the reunion with her husband George, and their safe arrival in Montreal.

Because of his own personal loyal attitude towards any master, Tom's death by the brutal master, Simon Legree, could have been predicted. I could not think of better words than

some used by the author in the concluding remarks of the book, "If the laws of New England were so arranged that a master could now and then torture an apprentice to death, without a possibility of being brought to justice, would it be received with equal composure?"

In focusing on my comparison to the novel with material from History class, I found a true issue. " No laws to protect slaves" during the 1800's. Brutal masters, traders, or white citizens could have their own way with the slaves. When laws were constructed they were established mainly on the behalf of states. The senators were concerned about votes, and free state versus slave states numbers. Their issues helped the construction of the "Fugitive Slave Law". Only did the vigilance committees or abolitionist movement of concerned people to protect fugitives and anti-slavery come about as some of the steps to help the slaves. I applaud the writer of this novel in her attempts to give strong feelings of her characters to the readers. Her own observations and research of true stories and events, which led her inspiration and ability of writing to share insights into the minds of slaves, masters, traders and white citizens during the slavery period were well done, showing both good and bad. This book's perspective should be shared with people of all groups. Its contents are valuable to self internal peace." ( Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe),Essay Brenda History 111/ April 15, 1998 )

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