The editors of the text write that Jacobs "skillfully controls the meaning of the experiences she relates and leads her readers toward emphatic social activism" and that Jacobs "directs her audience's emotional response toward a political one on behalf of the abolitionist cause" (2206). To the best of your ability, put yourself into a mid-19th century mindset and write about how readers might respond (either abolitionists or anti-abolitionists) to Jacobs's attempted manipulation (typically of early feminists/suffragettes and abolitionists). Should we/they take Jacobs's tale at face value? How resistant should we/they be as readers? It might be good to think of the tale in terms of your book club readings, to look for similarities and differences between the story telling strategies, the content, the sentimental nature of the tale and things of that sort. As usual, provide three passages to illustrate this (x), tell us what they do and mean. Respond to three journals by your classmates.