Uncle Toms Cabin
Throughout the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin the setting changes.It starts out in Kentucky.Tom is later sold to New Orleans and then to a plantation up the Red River.At each new place Tom goes his faith in God is put to the test,but Tom stays pious and refuses to turn away from God.In Kentucky Tom is owned by Andy Shelby,a kindly master,who has fallen in to debt and is forced to sell his slaves.Tom is sold to a slave trader named Haley.He ends up in New Orleans in the possession of a romantic and flighty man by the name of St.Clare. After the unfortunate death of St.Clare and his daughter Tom is sold to a wicked plantation owner,Simon Legree,up the Red River.The main character in Uncle Tom’s Cabin is Uncle Tom.He is a kindly, uncommonly honest and over all a good man.Tom maintains his faith in God although it is often tested.He is an obedient and hard working slave.He endures his fate while helping others in need escape theirs.He befriends other slaves who want to escape in Canada.He has a wife named Aunt Chloe who is the Shelby’s cook.She too is a very good and pious person.Who vows to buy back Tom when he is sold and works hard to try to do so. There is also Eliza,the Shelby’s maid and her son Harry,who she learns is be
At the plantation Tom’s goodness and faith is put to the test when he is told to whip a lagging slave to near death.But Tom refuses and he himself is nearly beaten to death.Tom’s new master takes a personal vengeance against Tom and beats him often.But Tom’s faith remains in God and he sings joyous hymns even while he is being severely beaten. ing sold to the slave trader along with Uncle Tom.She is pain stricken to think that she my be separated from her son and asks Tom for help. Eliza,Harry and George leave the Quakers and are soon confronted by Loker and his gang but they manage to once again evade them.George proclaims to them that he will stop at nothing and will become a free man.At his new home Tom is given the responsibility of keeping his masters books.Also he is spreading his good word by trying to reform his new master,who we learn feels he isn’t cut out for slavery.Little Eva demonstrates the power of love when she helps Tom write a letter to his family with whom he is still in close contact. St.Clare and his brother have a heated discussion about slavery while Eva asks her cousin to try to love his slave.
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Approximate Word count = 1060
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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