Harriett Beecher Stowe's Character Analysis

It is without a doubt that black slavery is one of the most sensitive political issues during Harriett Beecher Stowe’s time. Her anti-slavery campaign brought immense reaction from different sectors. That is why I am deeply disappointed on how Disney Production portrayed (Mickey’s Mellerdrammer; 1933) the adaptation of her book. It was too…comical and the stereotyping went off the roof. Mickey and his gang (minus Pluto and Donald) staged a play wherein they chose the Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Plot wise I don’t get it. Horrace Horsecollar played as Legree from the beginning of the story; if we follow the chronological order of Stowe’s story, Legree should appear in the middle of the story wherein he became the last owner of Uncle Tom. Mickey played both Uncle Tom and Topsy while Minnie played the character of Eva and Clarabelle as Eliza which by the way became a big JOKE. I get the essence that

He was more human in every aspect compared to those people who considered themselves high and mighty and call themselves Christian yet treated the African-American as some object to be owned, to use at any time and to dispose at will. I am amazed not just in Uncle Tom’s enduring personality but as well as in his faith; he’s like Job and Paul-enduring and faithful; he held on to God’s promise that; “I will never leave thee nor forsake thee…” He didn’t question or blamed God (but there was time when his faith weakened) for his own circumstances and used this to teach and inspire his people to read the Bible. Joseph for example, betrayed by his own brethren, was sold, became a slave, was jailed because of a crime he didn’t commit yet in midst of everything he still served God, Tom on the other hand, painstakingly endured everything, became a slave at birth because of the cruelty of this society, lost his family and got beaten yet all of these things made him a stronger