Slave

It is very important that this tale is not fiction because fiction provides a reader with the ability to escape from the concerns and sympathy that they might feel for the slave girl through the idea that it never happened. Even though the reader might understand that there have been worse times in slave history, making a book like this fiction would ruin its credibility and tarnish its purpose. Any person who was truly emotionally moved by this book would naturally begin to attack its credibility. They would rather tell themselves that it does not occur, never occurred, and that they have no obligation to sacrifice themselves to ensure that this does not happen. When the book is not fiction, the reader no longer has that option of escape. Instead, the reader must accept every word that is stated as truth, and they are forced to understand that this actually happened. Although it may be painful for them, in order for them to learn the truth of slavery and fulfill the purpose of the book, it is vital that they read the book as if it were real and absorb every blow to the main character as if it were to themselves. if this does not happen, the reader can ignore what they are hearing and continue living in their fantasy world in which such things do not exist.