The condition of being prevented from reaching
a goal by events that are beyond your control is known as frustration. As a
psychological construct frustration is an affective reaction set out by an
individual, this is due to the interference of one’s supposed to accomplish a
task, objective or aim. For example, you were scheduled and, wanted and
supposed to travel tomorrow to some country but it couldn’t happen because of a
storm or an accident which caused you to be disappointed because you were very
excited and expecting.
The author's intent in this excerpt is C. to expose the horrors of Southern slavery.
In this excerpt, Beecher described the conditions which the slaves were in - families torn apart and poorly educated - and how their treatment goes against Christian values.
