Animalsdeserveourkindness,sympathyandunderstanding,thatiswhatAnnaSewelltheauthorofBlackBeautywantedtoconvinceherreaders。ThankstoSewell,Inowthinkabouttheanimalhumanrelationshipfromboththehumanandtheanimal’spointofview。 TheinspirationforAnnaSewell’snovelwasdrawnfromherownrelationshipwithhorses。AnnaSewellwasbornonMarch20th,1820inNorfolk,Englandandwascrippledwhilestillveryyoung。Duetoherdisability,shereliedonhorsedrawncarriagesandgrewtolovehorsesasaresult。Shealsobecameappalledbythecarelessandcrueltreatmenthorsesoftenreceivedfromhumansanddeterminedtowriteabook。。Inthesecondyearofworkonthebook,shewastoldthatshehadonlyeighteenmonthstolive,butsheperseveredinordertoinducekindness,sympathyandanunderstanding〔ofthe〕treatmentofhorses。Fiveyearslater,shewasstillworkingonBlackBeauty,heronlybook。Unfortunately,Sewelldiedafewmonthsafterpublicationandneverlearnedofthebook’shugesuccess。BlackBeautyformedanimpassionedpleaforanimalrightsatatimewhensuchanotionhadbeendismissedasridiculous。 ThenovelportrayedtherealconditionofworkinghorseslivinginBritainduringtheVictorianEra。Inthattimeperiod,thewealthythoughtthattheirhorsesweretreatedwellbecausetheyneversteppedintothestable。Inordertocallpeople’sattentiontohorses’hardlife,Sewelltellsthestorythroughthefirstpersonnarrativevoiceofahorse。Thisinnovativepersonificationofananimalmadethebookarealsuccess。Readersheardthestoriesstraightfromthehorse’smouth,literally,asananimalspokeofextremesofjoyandsuffering。Peoplewereshockedbythetruthexposedbythenovelandchangedtheirattitudestowardsanimals。 Sewellformedthenovelwiththreekindsofcharacters:BlackBeauty,Gingerandotherfarmanimals。Throughtheirdifferentexperiences,Isawsimilarlypainfullivesledbytheanimals。Thismethodmadetheearnestappealforanimalrightsbecomemoreandmorepersuasive。 Asadomesticanimal,BlackBeautywascontinuouslysoldfromonefamilytoanother。OvertheyearsBeautyenjoyedgoodmastersbutalsoenduredmeanones。Sometimes,hewascaredforandatothertimestortured。Intheend,everythingturnsoutallrightinastorythatissotenderandyetmeaningful。Hisstorywassovividthatcaughtthereaders’heart。Thenovelbroughtpeoplelaughterandtearsandalsoenlightenedthemtounderstandanimalsatthesametime。 Animalscannotspeaksounderstandingissignificanttothem。Once,forexample,Beautywasdrawingthecarriagetoawoodenbridge。ThebridgewasfloodedoutintheriverandJohn,thegroom,wasnotawarethatitwascracked。ButthequicklyrealizedthatsomethingwaswrongbecauseofBeauty’sabnormalbehavior。Momentarily,amanshoutedtothem,Stop!Stop!Thebridgeisbrokeninthemiddle。Ifyoucomeacross,you’llfallintheriver!BeautyhadsavedJohn。However,ifJohnhadnottriedtounderstandwhatBeautywantedtotellhim,therewoulddefinitelyhavebeenanaccident。Ilearntfromthestorythatunderstandinganimalsisnotonlyessentialtothembutisalsobeneficialtousourselves。