Uncle Tom's Cabin Literary Analysis

Uncle Tom’s Cabin and its Three Owners In the passage “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” the central theme of the story is that Tom is being held as a slave at the Shelby Farm located in Kentucky. Tom was known as a faithful and honest person and was deeply founded by religion. In addition, he lives on the farm with his wife and their two children. However, the love he has for his family and the respect he had for his master was upstaged by the stiffness of his own piety. Although, he was a not a very good writer and a slow reader he had read the Bible and led many prayer groups and singing amongst all the slaves with him. However, all the hard work Tom had put in along with his dedication to the Lord it perhaps made him the most valuable slave on Shelby’s
St. Clare was also very kind and generous to his slaves. Unlike Mr. Legree he refused to beat them and generally let them do as they pleased. However, Mr. St. Clare may have been a contradictory character throughout Stowe’s passage. He had seen what was right, but at the same time he failed to do what was right. St. Clare described his life as “a contemptible non sequitur” (Stowe, pg. 394). However, this statement did not seem to follow his own opinions. In addition, St. Clare was not a religious person and perhaps somewhat lazy. Although, he was also an intelligent man and recognized what evils there were when pertaining to slavery. He would not harm his own slaves; however, he did not free them either. In addition, he would not be a devoted man to Christianity either.
Mr. St. Clare knew win his heart that Christianity was the driving force but in the back of his mid he also knew that slavery was wrong. Generally, Mr. St. Clare did not want to live his life by doing the right thing. Mr. St. Clare shared the same beliefs of Mr. Shelby and also saw the evil in slavery; however, he still tolerated it and continued to practice it. However, Mr. St. Clare’s heart and mind seemed to be far from Simon Legree who came off as one of the most hated characters in the
Shelby, Mr. St. Care, and Mr. Legree were all alike in some way. However, they all did have differences as well. Throughout the passage it is clear that the characters all had different views on slavery whether they believed it was right or wrong. Nonetheless, whether they viewed slavery as wrong or right, and Christianity to be the driving force of what would be right, each and every one of them still continued to practice slavery. Some of the characters were much more kind and more generous to the slaves such as Mr. Shelby and Mr. St. Clare; and Mr. Legree believed that being violent and beating his slaves was the way to treat slaves. Either way each master still practiced slavery which made them all alike, however, their views were what made them different from one