The Amazing Story of the Kind Uncle Tom

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is an 19th century novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that is basically a canon of masterpieces that depict the cruelties of slavery throughout this time period. Stowe uses her novel to spread her opinions of slavery throughout the United States at this time while using typology to tie the whole problem of slavery into Christianity. Uncle Tom’s Cabin shows that a person’s attitude toward religion intertwines with attitude towards slavery. The story follows the characters of Uncle Tom, Eliza, Eva, the St. Clare’s, and

Harriet Beecher Stowe tells stories of different slaveholders apathetic, abusive, and hypocritical actions towards various slaves in her beautifully written novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, during the 19th century in order to help convey the true evil behind slavery- no matter the circumstance. The author allows readers to view slavery from seemingly safe environments to hostile settings, and continually shows the bad in every situation. The reality of slavery is shown to anyone willing to read this novel, and Harriet Beecher Stowe does a good job of combining various stories that tie together in order to complete her goal.

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is an amazing novel about slavery and the cruelty of it. A success in America and Europe. This made Harriet Tubman a famous piece in the anti-slavery act. Many even say this book put fuel into the civil war. One of the most deadliest war in American History. Harriet Stowe's life is interesting and her book is one of her most greatest accomplishment.

      As a clear contrast, through the character of Uncle Tom, a pure Black slave, Stowe illustrates the blindness of the society, about the human nature of slave. Uncle Tom is nothing but the anti-stereotype of a slave, except for his skin's color. First of all, Uncle Tom doesn't have this desire of escape, as most of the slaves were considered to aim to. He is an easygoing person, and accepts what he is destined for.

The book Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a well known anti-slavery novel, which is written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Stowe depicts the distress and tragic fates of the slaves, in which they live in the lower class; they do not have their own freedom; and they have to be loyal to their owner. Stowe delineantes a number of characters in the novel, such as kind and religious man Uncle Tom; intelligent and courageous George Harries; and the adorable naughty slave kid Topsy and so on. Nevertheless, I like the girl Eva the most as she regards every person equally and acts innocently. Stowe shows the idea of humanity and Christian philosophy on Eva through building the deep relationship with Uncle Tom and loving the little naughty Topsy.

In Uncle Tom’s Cabin a main point to take away from the book is how the slaves were sold to unpleasant masters. At the beginning of the book Mr,Shelby sells Uncle Tom and Eliza’s child Harry to Mr. Haley. When you first read about Mr. Haley he doesn’t seem that bad but as you read more you come to see that

The tragic tale of a pious, incorruptible Black man scared the life out of racist southerners. This news may come as a shock to some, especially since the term "Uncle Tom" is a colloquialism used to describe weak, subservient black men, but Uncle Tom was not the sycophantic slave we think of him as. Today's perception of Stowe's hero stems from gross re-appropriations that depicted the character as a bumbling idiot, whose sole purpose was to serve "massa". In actuality, Uncle Tom was a strong man who adamantly adhered to his beliefs. In the the novel he is painted as a martyr after he sacrificed his life in order to liberate two fellow slaves. Stowe's eponymous hero galvanized the nation; the story allowed readers to empathize with subjugated persons. It played such an integral role in the rally against slavery that during a meeting in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln greeted Stowe by stating "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war. For those who don't know, the "great war" Lincoln was referring to was the one responsible for the cessation of slavery in the United States: the Civil

Tom has good sense and is very kind (Stowe, Uncle 11). Uncle Tom was a very dark skinned man (HIllegass 1). He was in his early fifties at the time (Hillegass 1). He would always play tricks with his masters (Tanner 72). His cabin showed how Christians acted towards each other compared to Chloe’s cabin (Stowe, Uncle 10).

Harriet Beecher Stowe tells the story of slaves from Kentucky and Louisiana, but escapes to Ohio and other Quaker settlements in the north, that finally makes them end up in Canada. Uncle Tom, whom at the begging is pro-slavery experiences a more cruel and harsh environment by a slave owner that made him have a sudden change of heart. He went from being the one who would withhold slaves for his own good, to helping them escape so that they could have the chance for a better life. Once Uncle Tom started questioning his religion and faith, who knew then that, the risk he was taking was for the greater good. Uncle Tom was one of the most known nation wide names, and because he was a slave owner who freed slaves in a time you couldn’t, he revealed a major sign of hope in America, and a key story that helped free slaves in America.

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is a classic book about slavery. Set in Kentucky, middle 1800’s, it gives readers a glimpse of what life would be like as a slave. Owned by a kind slave owner, Mr. Shelby, Tom is the ideal slave, loyal, trustworthy and kind, but when his master goes into debt, he is sold to a mean man that treats him cruelly. Along with Tom, Harry, a young child, is to be sold, but when his mother, Eliza Harris, finds out her child is going to be taken from her, she flees on a journey to freedom in Canada. In “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” the author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, uses character types from older, traditional texts to make them seem new.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin—one of the most popular book in nineteenth century, was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe after the Fugitive Slave Act, which also had a significant influence on abolishing movement of slavery in America. This book can be mainly separated into 2 parts – the slaves’ struggles for freedom, and Uncle Tom’s ups and downs in his whole life.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a book that allows one to gain insight on what slavery and life were like back then. Harriet Beecher Stowe gives whoever is reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a clear idea of the views she had on slavery. In Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author strives to explain the dark side of humanity throughout slavery’s existence, by showing the cruelty and heartbreak slaves were put through.

This was a very tense subject to talk about during this time. The book is known for changing attitudes about the institution of slavery. Abolitionist ideas were brought to the table and for the first time, northerners felt the horrors of slavery. This became a huge ordeal and a major controversy in society, especially between the North and the South. Uncle Tom’s Cabin is regarded as one of the major causes of the Civil War.

Because the novel is written in a third person view, we are given the thoughts of every character in the text and the reason behind their actions. In the text, the author writes the thoughts of Uncle Tom which helps show the reader that Uncle Tom is a very devout christian who intends to do no wrong and fully intends to one day go to heaven.

Whenever people are going through a tough time, they have different reactions in terms of how they handle the situation that they are in. Some people just decide to stay in the situation that they are in, some turn to sports, and some people use their faith to pray and act as a good Christian to get through their tough times. Published in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the characters in Uncle Tom’s Cabin heavily and frequently turn to God in order to pray that they get out of the situation the characters are in which is being slave. The novel shows the escape of two slaves named George and Eliza and the journey of the most moral and devout Christian in this book the main character Uncle Tom. The concept and ideology of religion in Uncle Tom’s plays a large role in the novel because it religion influences the actions of the slaves and other characters on numerous occasions and it provides a better sense of identity for the slaves. In addition, after reading this classic novel, it is evident that the author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, is heavily against the practice of slavery. Lastly, this novel goes against some of the classic stereotypes regarding slavery.