...The story starts as Mr. Shelby and Haley, a slave trader, exchange offers. Mr. Shelby is in debt, the reason why he I negotiating with Haley to settle it. Mr. Shelby offers Haley to take Tom, a religious and trustworthy man, but Haley insists that Tom is not enough to cover the debt. After a while, a little boy named Jim Crow/Harry enters the room and Haley is impressed because he saw that the young boy is not only talented, but also has a potential to make more money. However, Mr. Shelby asserts that he cannot trade Harry because the boy’s mother, Eliza, would freak out and Mr. Shelby’s wife would not approve of it as well. Eliza overhears a part of the conservation between the two gentlemen and is certain that her son might be the subject of the negotiation of the two. Eliza approaches Mr. Shelby’s wife and tells her about the matter but Mrs. Shelby assures her that her husband would not do such thing because he never means to sell any of his servants if they are good to him. Eliza was raised by Mrs. Shelby who treated her not as a servant but as a child. Eliza got married to George Harris, a worker in a bagging factory who was so intelligent that he invented a machine to make work easier. George Harris seemed more like a gentleman than a slave. Because of this, George was taken away from his work not only because George was too smart and upright, but also because it was claimed that the machine he invented for cleaning hemp was only done so as to save work and labor. Eliza...
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...holding a gun and can shoot me to death whenever he want. How can I escape from this? When I was a kid, I always wanted to become someone who was useful and reliable. Superman was an important character in my childhood. I had always considered him as an idol who I really wanted to become. That was the reason why I always tried to stay at the top in both academic and social fields. Christopher Reeve says, “What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.” Supermans may not be the best compared to Batman, Spiderman, Storm, etc…However, he was the first character I knew from a comic book I got from my uncle. It had been twelve years since I started to live under his “shadow”. Not only his power, no one could deny his wisdom and maturity which significantly impacted his life. No one knew about his true self. He lived under the cover of a normal man but always appeared whenever someone called for help. Without hesitation, he could finish his enemy instantly. Everyone including myself loved him for his generosity and heroism....
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...Cassy is one of the slaves in the last few chapters of Uncle Tom's Cabin. She has been there longer than anyone else and was high in command; Cassy has a great story of her life to tell Tom and help him through his hard time being new there at Legees. She when is helping Tom tend to his wounds from Legee she starts to tell him her story of her past masters. Cassy begins to tell tom about how her past master was the father to her children and about how he had died and she and her kids were sold separately. She also starts to say how it wasn't all bad because her new master tried to help her find her children after he had scraped up the money but they never could find her children. Until one day when her new master had passed and...
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...that he will give Tom, one of his honest slaves and the Harry who was the son of, Eliza and George Harris. Eliza heard what Mr. Shelby said and he planned on escaping with his son because he don’t want to be far from it. She told her plan to her husband hoping that they will reunite in Ohio. Mr. Haley knew this and followed her when she tried escaping. She escaped in Ohio using only a floating ice on the river and that made her escape Mr. Haley. On the other hand, Tom stayed with Mr. Haley because he believes that Mr. Shelby will be disappointed if he will run away. Mr. Haley and Tom, traveled. While they were travelling, Tom saved a little girl from drowning which was Little Eva. Augustine St. Clare bought Tom from Mr. Haley to make him the personal servant of Little Eva. Eva and Augustine were both kind, unlike the mother of Eva. Tom and Little Eva became close to each other and comfortable. Eva became ill and when she was about to die he gave something to the servants so that they will remember Little Eva. Augustine promised Tom that he will be freed but even before that happened, Augustine died. Most of the slaves from the house of St. Clare were sold in the auction wherein Tom was included. On the other hand, Eliza and George Harris was reunited with each other and went to Canada. Tom’s new master was an evil man named, Simon Legree. Despite the bad treatment of his new master, Tom still maintained his honest and kind characteristic. Tom was beaten to death...
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...Interviewer: What is the motivation of writing you book Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Interviewee:I wrote this book to protest against the fugitive slave law of 1850, the law instituted fine for federal official to limit the freedom of the slaves. This book deminstated the harsh environment of the slaves,and showing the experiences and the different perspective, and let people listen to the hardship of slavery. interviewer:What is your expectation when your readers reading your book? Interviewee:I hope the readers can understand the experience of the African Americans in our society, and be able to to visualize the image of their hardship in their daily life from the book.Even though i don't expect my reader will change their position on slavery after...
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...Bre Patterson Mrs. Warner 3rd hour AP Language Novel Project #2 Title: The title is “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and I think the book was titled this in order to give honor to one of the main characters, Uncle Tom. Throughout his life as a slave, Uncle Tom’s faith, passionate heart and loyalty never wavered even during the worst of times. Time Period: The novel takes place during the mid-19th century. This becomes evident in the text with the use of slavery and prejudice manners between blacks and whites. While many white families were living on farms and in great homes, most African Americans were forced to work for them and be sold between different “masters” creating misery and desperation of freedom in them. Author’s Purpose: In the novel there is very much inferences and descriptions of spiritual matter. The author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, gives a strong moral about Christianity and not losing hope and trust in God. Though Uncle Tom struggled in the end of the book while being tortured by Legree, he constantly tried to picture God and Eva (the young girl who helped him carry out his faith) and never lost sight of who he was and what he believed in. Therefore, I think that Stowe’s purpose was to share about faith and give an underlying message to always look to the Lord in times of trouble. Protagonist: While Uncle Tom seems to be the biggest influence as a protagonist in the novel with his unwavering faith and constant love for others, I do think that...
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...Necks of the 1800s: The Influence of the Powerless in Uncle Tom’s Cabin In My Big Fat Greek Wedding, a movie about a woman that goes against tradition to marry a man of another religion, there is a scene in which the main character and her mother have the following conversation: Toula: Ma, Dad is so stubborn. What he says goes. [Quoting her father,] “Ah, the man is the head of the house!” Maria (mother): Let me tell you something, Toula. The man is the head, but the woman is the neck. And she can turn the head any way she wants (IMDb). During the 19th century, one had to be a white male in order to hold any official power or influence in society. Women, as well as African Americans, had little to no economic or political power until the...
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...Uncle Tom's Cabin - change in public opinion of slavery Uncle Tom’s Cabin is the work of Harriet Beecher Stowe. This book is a realistic but fictional perspective of slavery. The key characters in the story include Uncle Tom, George Harris and Eliza. Uncle Tom is slave that is trustworthy and pious. He does not wrong anybody and only hitherto obeys the master. Being a spiritual person, Uncle Tom does his best to do what is right and obey the Bible. On the other hand, Eliza is a very beautiful slave under the ownership of George Shelby Sr., who formerly owns Tom. George Harris is the husband to Eliza and he lives around the nearby plantation. The brilliance of George caused him to invent a machine that was utilized in the factory where he works. Consequently, his owner became so jealous and decided to demote George from the factory and made him to carry out hard labor at the plantation. The setting of the story is across the Mississippi and Kentucky states (Tang, Research & Education Association 6-20). Rarely does a single work of literature transform the society or sets it on the road to a dreadful conflict. One such catalytic story is Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1852). Many consider it as being among the most influential American fictional works ever published. The number of copies that Uncle Tom’s Cabin sold were numerous than any other fictional title to have been published before. Five thousand of its copies were sold within its first two days...
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...the better lives of slaves experiences on their plantations. Christianity is heavily encouraged for the slaves to follow, and it heavily influences some slaves mindset. In chapter three of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Eliza finds out that her lover, George’s owner wants him to leave Eliza and get married to a different slave. When George is explaining this to Eliza, and tells her how infuriated and worthless he feels, Eliza...
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...Huckleberry Finn in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is considered to be “Idle and lawless and vulgar and bad” according to the local village moms. Many parents think him a bad influence, and some are completely disgusted with him. But his actions beg to differ by saving Muff Potter and the Widow, and by doing many other things. If you look closer, you’ll find that Huck is a fine young man and has good morals. Huck has many traits that may seem unappealing. For example, he often curses and smokes, and is often unbathed and quite dirty. Unlike the other village boys, he doesn't have a house or a family to take care of him, and must raise himself and find his own food and shelter. He doesn't have to go to school or church, and because he doesn't have to, he doesn't go. But just because he seems unappealing doesn't make him a...
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...STOWE AND LESTER Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, & Julius Lester, To Be A Slave [Name of the writer] [Name of the institution] Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, & Julius Lester, To Be A Slave Introduction Harriet Elizabeth Beecher born on the 14th of June, 1811. She was an abolitionist and author of more than ten books, the most famous Uncle Tom's Cabin, which tells the story of life in slavery and that, first published in serial form of episodes from 1851 to 1852 in an abolitionist organ, The National Era, edited by Gamaliel Bailey (Stowe, 1852). Although Stowe had never set foot in the American South, published consequently A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, a real job documenting the veracity of her account of the lives of slaves in the original novel (Stowe, 1852). Julius Lester born in 1939 in St Louis, Missouri. Julius Lester has published since 1968 no less than thirty-five pounds, twenty-five youth (Brace, Laura, 2004). His work has won numerous literary awards. He has also written over two hundred essays and reviews for various American magazines (Brace, Laura, 2004). After being a photographer, he became a professor at New York and the University of Massachusetts (Brace, Laura, 2004). Discussion Compare and contrast the historical accounts of “To Be A Slave” and the fictional accounts in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. Uncle Tom's Cabin The cabin of Uncle Tom (Uncle Tom's Cabin) is a novel by the author abolitionist American...
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...|设计地点 |第二教学楼 | Acknowledgements Many people gave me support and help in the process of writing the paper. I’d like first to give my grate to my dear teacher, Andy, who generously gave me his kindly help and instructions during the whole process of my paper-writing. Then I’d like to give my many thanks to my classmates who helped me a lot with my information collecting and paper-polishing. Most important of all, I want to give my thanks to my mother university and all the teachers in the English Department, who educated and cultivated me to be a qualified graduate in the future. Abstract When Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852, the novel was a huge success. It talked about the slavery which was a controversial issue at that time. Many critics made comments on this novel. With the passage of time, attitudes to the book changed considerably. The history of African American in US has always been considered as a bitter story. In recent years, their status...
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...Seldom does a one work of literature change a society or start it down the road to cataclysmic conflict. One such catalytic work is Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). It is considered by many, one the most influential American works of fiction ever published. Uncle Tom's Cabin sold more copies than any other previous fiction title. It sold five thousand copies in its first two days, fifty thousand copies in eight weeks, three hundred thousand copies in a year and over a million copies in its first sixteen months. What makes this accomplishment even more amazing is that this book was written by a woman during a time in history women were relegated to domestic duties and child rearing and were not allowed positions of influence or leadership roles in society. Legend holds that when Abraham Lincoln met Stowe in 1682 he said, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war". The impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin did more to arouse antislavery sentiment in the N orth and provoke angry rebuttals in the south than any other event in antebellum era. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), born Lichfeild, Connecticut, was the daughter, sister, and wife of liberal clergymen and theologians. Her father Lyman and brother Henry Ward were two of the most preeminent theologians of the nineteenth century. This extremely devout Christian upbringing, focusing on the doctrines...
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...ministers which at that time was, “the most effective way to influence society” (Harriet Beecher Stowe Center). Harriet’s father taught his children to debate so that they would be successful at arguing and supporting their views. Her sister, Catherine was a huge influence and maternal figure in Stowe’s life and she helped Harriet form her social views, (The Biography Channel). Catherine campaigned for the education of women and eventually founded the Hartford Female Seminary where Harriet eventually attended. While attending school, Stowe began to write more frequently and thus her writing abilities improved. Her first published novel was “Primary Geography for Children” which was co-authored with her sister Catherine in the year 1833. In 1851 Gamaliel Bailey, a publisher contacted Stowe seeking an author who would “paint a word picture of slavery", (Harriet Beecher Stowe Center). The following year Stowe published her well known novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. It is clear from her upbringing that Stowe’s future was greatly influenced by her...
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...Provocative Words People often take for granted the power that words can yield. Many people believe that we simply use words to communicate and to express thoughts and ideas. Is this an accurate estimation, or do words hold a greater significance? How often do we reflect on the gravity that our words carry? How often are we influenced by the words of others? How often do we make decisions based on what other people say? The use of words can indeed have a tremendous impact on our beliefs, attitudes, and worldviews. This has certainly been the case throughout history. In the United States, a few texts have been particularly effective in dramatically reshaping public opinion. Among these are Common Sense by Thomas Paine and Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Texts like these drastically changed the hearts and minds of many Americans, demonstrating the incredible impact that words can have on a group of people. Although Paine was born to a poor family, and although he received limited schooling, in 1776 he abruptly rose from obscurity to become one of the crucial figures of the American Revolution. After immigrating to America in 1774, Paine settled in Philadelphia, where he began a career as a journalist. Soon, America was engaged in a revolution with Great Britain. Although there was significant anti-British sentiment in America at the time, there was hesitation among colonists as to whether they should go to war with Great Britain. Although Paine was relatively unknown...
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