Incidents in the life of a slave girl

When writing such violent and sad stories, it is important that they’re truth and not fiction. If the book was fiction, then most people wouldn’t believe that all of these terrible things could happen to anyone. This is a powerful novel, and in order for these novels to serve their purpose of educating people about how ruthless slavery was, people need to know that this really happened.
It is important that the editor didn’t clean up the language or content because it adds to the appeal to pathos. When they hear such harsh language spoken to someone, it appeals to their emotions. Also, this is not fiction. The author has to tell the account of what happened the way it really did- not a died down version for appropriateness. The situation wasn’t appropriate. That would diffuse the purpose. This book wasn’t written for young children, it was written for teenagers and adults to educate them on what happened in times of slavery- as awful as it might be.