Summary Of Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
The author Harriet Beecher Stowe uses Uncle Tom’s Cabin to help others see that slavery is a backwards institution ,that slavery and christianity will never really be compatible while also showing the power of women in the abolitionist movement.
The writer also shows the evils of slavery by showing the flawed system of paternalism.
The ideology of parentalism is that the slave owner extends is “fatherly grace” by clothing, feeding, housing his slaves and treating them as basic human beings. Mr. Shelby is one of the rare few who fall into this category.
Compared to George Harris, Mr. Shelby treats his slaves as almost an extended part of his family. Mrs. Shelby teaches the slaves how to write and read, a luxury few slaves are allowed, and …show more content…
While the less religious the person the more racists they come off. Examples of this is her character Eva. Eva is one of the most morally pure characters in the novel. She states several times throughout the book that she can’t see the difference between whites and blacks. Which matches perfectly with Stowe’s message that christianity is based on universal love. One of God’s greatest commandments was to show love to each other, if people were to actually practice this then enslaving a race or putting one race above another can not work out.
Another way Stowe shows this is through the slaves themselves, when George tells Eliza his plans on running away, she insists that George just needs to have faith in God. In which George responds Stowe… a popular saying among most black atheist. George goes on to state that christianity may work for Eliza but not for George.
Also by Mrs. Shelby’s outrage when she learns that Mr.Shelby will sale Tom and Henry, she even offers to give up her watch in order to keep the two slaves. She then declares that slavery is a sin and how much she hates
The writer also shows the evils of slavery by showing the flawed system of paternalism.
The ideology of parentalism is that the slave owner extends is “fatherly grace” by clothing, feeding, housing his slaves and treating them as basic human beings. Mr. Shelby is one of the rare few who fall into this category.
Compared to George Harris, Mr. Shelby treats his slaves as almost an extended part of his family. Mrs. Shelby teaches the slaves how to write and read, a luxury few slaves are allowed, and …show more content…
While the less religious the person the more racists they come off. Examples of this is her character Eva. Eva is one of the most morally pure characters in the novel. She states several times throughout the book that she can’t see the difference between whites and blacks. Which matches perfectly with Stowe’s message that christianity is based on universal love. One of God’s greatest commandments was to show love to each other, if people were to actually practice this then enslaving a race or putting one race above another can not work out.
Another way Stowe shows this is through the slaves themselves, when George tells Eliza his plans on running away, she insists that George just needs to have faith in God. In which George responds Stowe… a popular saying among most black atheist. George goes on to state that christianity may work for Eliza but not for George.
Also by Mrs. Shelby’s outrage when she learns that Mr.Shelby will sale Tom and Henry, she even offers to give up her watch in order to keep the two slaves. She then declares that slavery is a sin and how much she hates