Uncle Toms Cabin Thesis

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American author and educator, who often talked about the evilness of slavery. Stowe was born to an abolitionist minister, Lyman Beecher, and Roxanne Foote Beecher on June 14,1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut. Harriet grew up around lots of learning and moral sincerity, since she grew up with an abolitionist father. In 1832, she accompanied her father and sister, Catharine, in Cincinnati, Ohio where they were teaching at the Lane Theological Seminary, which introduced her to the ideas of “slavery and abolitionism, and witnessing race riots, hearing the stories of runaway slaves, and aiding fugitive slaves.” Four years after Harriet had moved to Cincinnati, she met an abolitionist minister named Calvin Stowe, whom she

The main audience that read the book was white abolitionists of the North to help educate them about the institution of slavery. The novel was mainly about the evilness of slavery and how the slave owners were treating slaves as property, which these concepts went “against the morality of Christianity.” Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a great read, but there are some things that might not make it appealing to others. The novel started off a bit plodding because there wasn’t much action occurring since the characters were still in development. The action starts to rise about halfway into the book because that is when we start to see some character development and more into the characters lives. Another reason some readers may not find this novel appealing is because of the subject of slavery and the use of the n-word, which many people take offense to and may not feel comfortable reading. Throughout the book there was a great deal of skipping around since the novel contains two different storylines, which come together at the end. Many readers may feel as if they might forget what was happening previously and feel that one storyline got more coverage than the other. Towards the end of the book was where most of the action occurred, but the ending was bittersweet. I would recommend this novel to someone who would be of interest and can tolerate the subjects the book

The faith Uncle Tom had for God allows him to go beyond and continue past his human limitations. Some Christian morals include the purity of an individual conscience, which Tom displays when he refuses to beat another slave because he knows it was not virtuous. Embarrassed in seeing himself inhumane and wrong, Simon Legree punishes Tom by starvation, beating, and abusing him. Tom’s faith was challenged and he was already on the edge of being demoralized, God gave Tom more faith by showing his true self in a direct revelation. Even when his virtues began to slip, Tom never allowed himself to think that Christ himself was too knocked down and persecuted. Even with his physical sufferings, Tom strongly believed that his soul will be saved by God, who favors those who stood up and fought for their faith. The novel suggests that someone is not only made of bones, flesh, and ideas, but also a soul and