The influence of Setting

There was this one story that I had read about from our fantastic Holt Reader about Harriet Tubman, an African American who risked her own life to escort slaves to freedom. Her personality, of course, took credit for actions. However, I think one of the biggest influences, or to be more concise, what had been really responsible for her bravery will be the setting. Harriet Tubman was born during the time when slavery was legal, and slaves had little rights and can not stand up for themselves. The setting created Harriet Tubman's heroic actions, for she obviously would not have done the same one hundred year later. The setting of the story created an partial environment where freedom was out reach for slaves, which created a lot of complications. That is also the reason for Harriet Tubman risked her own life. I suppose setting played a really important role in a story, and we won't have a good story without it. Wouldn't we? Basically, this is all I have to say about the influence of setting. I guess I kind of blame Mr. McCool to give us such a challenging topic to write about. Still, this is important and it really made us think. So I guess it is a success after all.