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Uncle Tom's Cabin - Research Papers

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel during the time of the debates that lead
to the Civil War and near the time of the Compromise of 1850. The book provides
a defiant protest against the social and political conditions of that era. The
division between the northern industrial states and the southern agrarian states
was very prominent and apparent. There was fierce competition between them.
This lead to differing viewpoints about slavery. The competition helped the
South justify it and gave the North reason to denounce it. Information like
this is not provided by the author because her target audience at the time she
wrote the story was living through these conflicts. To make up ...

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Stowe was living through all of what is in her
story. So while providing social, political, and religious commentary, she also
spatters her work with racism and subtle bigotry that would not be found in most
modern writing.

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel about how trust in God can conquer great
obstacles, including the pain of slavery. The main character shows this to us
through the story of his life. He is a gentle, pious slave who has been
promised freedom but is sold by his kind master to a hardened and unfeeling
trader. Separated from those who he loves, he is forced to be submitted to a
cruelty that only his trust in the Lord can carry him through. Despite his own
suffering he brings hope to others, always trusting and believing in his own
eternal life granted to him by Jesus Christ. Suffused throughout is brilliant
commentary on the world Stowe is depicting.

The author creates vivid, complete images of all the characters' opinions,
appearances, and backgrounds. Because ...

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Added: 3/20/2006 08:44:54 PM
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