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Stowe attempts to create a realistic account of slavery in the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin. She generates a collage of characters and challenges both sides of the slavery issue. ... Those who thought slavery as acceptable because slaves were not “human” may be taken aback by Stowe’s characterization of Tom or by the realization of brutality by Simon Legree. In this essay, I will show how Mrs. Shelby, Simon Legree, Ophelia, and Uncle Tom all contribute to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s overall opinion of slavery. ... After Tom is sold, she promises to work hard to earn the money to redeem Tom. At the end of the novel, she and her son George try to fulfill her promise, but Tom is already dead. ... Shelby treating her slaves like people, crying with Aunt Chloe when Uncle Tom leaves and consoling her when they learn he is dead. ... Shelby is seen as a warm-hearted woman, Stowe does not want the reader to forget the Shelby’s are slave owners. ... Some were torn by the issue of slavery, but remained owners. ... Although Stowe wanted to show not all owners were malicious (as portrayed in the Shelby’s and St. Claire’s) there were those who did treat their slaves with little consideration- as less than human.
Approximate Word count = 1065
Approximate Pages = 4.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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