Each of Stowe's<span> scenes, while serving to further </span>character<span> and plot, also serves, without exception, to persuade the reader—especially the Northern reader of </span>Stowe's<span> </span>Stowe<span> explores the question of </span>slavery<span> in a fairly mild setting, in which </span>slaves<span> and masters </span>have<span> seemingly positive relationships.</span>