Uncle Toms Cabin
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In Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, one can see many transitions through both progressions and comparisons. In this response the comparison between the characters, Evangeline and her cousin, Henrique will be dealt with to show how there is a dichotic nature between the evils of slavery, and the actions taken to bring forth its demise.
Eva, the daughter of St. Clare, is a tender, warm, individual who takes comfort in comforting others, especially that of the slaves which her father has purchased for her. She sees slavery as a sin punishable by God. She can see the evil, and uses all of her will to stop the evil that pervades her everyday life. Henrique, the son of St. Clare's twin brother, Alfred, "is a devil of a fellow, when his blood's up (Stowe 390)." His father has carelessly brought him up, to relish in the joys of slavery. He has adopted a very foul nature, engulfed completely in the evils of slavery...