By: Sydney Pattison
Class of 2018 Books have a magical way of bringing people together through emotions elicited from them. No matter if the book brings out the best or the worst in a person, reading always produces an effect on the audience. What Love Can Do is a perfect example of this phenomenon. Arthur Mitchell is able to communicate loss, triumph, and acceptance through the stories that have been passed through generations. In doing so, Mitchell’s secondhand stories give readers firsthand insight of how love must be at the forefront of our hearts and minds, even in the face of adversity. Here are a few quotes from our classmates about how Arthur Mitchell’s stories personally affected them: “It gave me perspective on how other people are treated determined by race and how we need to open our eyes to how society acts toward others of different ethnic backgrounds.” “I think it just gave me more perspective on what to appreciate in our lives.” “It showed me that there are similarities between that time period and our society today.” The most prevalent example of love in the face of adversity takes places at the beginning of the book when slavers capture the Niaconigogoa family, but the captain falls ill on the journey back. The crew members allow the captured women to venture into the jungle to find herbal remedies for their white captain. Even though they are being taken to the Americas to be sold, when given the choice, they freely choose to return to the ship that will eventually lead to a life of slavery. The women choose love in the most morally challenging circumstances and eventually pass this morality onto their children and their communities. The only way to come together fully is through love, and by loving one another, we spread love throughout the world.
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