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Daniela Islas In” Uncle Tom's Cabin,” Harriet Beecher Stowe defines slavery as inhumane and unjust, in her book she provides real life stories of how faith, sacrifice, and cruelty, come together to demonstrate a real life vision of the terrible systems of slavery and how they affected many people. Stowe wrote this book with the solemn purpose of informing future readers about the particular ways of slavery and how it associated with poor treatment. In the format she composes the book, she entitles to several examples at a time in which slavery is seen to take over people's lives whether good or bad. In the book, Stow refers to faith as one of the very few things African Americans trusted upon and uses it as a central point in her book. For example, Tom was a very faithful man who never did anything that would go against his faith. After he was beat nearly to death by Mr. Legree’s servants he refuged under his strong faith and pardon all those who hurt him and only wished good in God’s land. Tom is used as a very symbolic figure in the book because of his sincere dedication to his faith. In addition, Stow also introduces us to Evangeline, a young girl whose faith only allows her to see the good on everyone's eyes. In a very disastrous moment Topsy reveals out of control and cannot be brought into reason, Topsy is described as a character who lacks love and attention. Eva on the other hand is identified as unprejudiced and sees everyone black and white as equals, her

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