Kyarah Rogers In Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author reasonably persuades the reader to believe that slavery is a cataclysm of social order in the United States by detailing a story with distinct claims, emphasized maltreatment, and tragic death and also by directly addressing the reader. Throughout the novel, two claims, or beliefs, present themselves through disparate characters as conflicting viewpoints on slavery. One notion asserts that slavery constructs a necessary societal arrangement and that slaves deserve inferior recognition to whites. This ideal generally associates itself with uptight, privileged white individuals. In the opening chapter of the novel, Mr. Haley, a slave trader, bluntly expresses his
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It is historically accurate to note that a majority of people used to interpret slaves as legal property. Nevertheless, slave buyers inspect auctioned slaves like a family would a dog from a shelter. Whenever Haley heads south with Tom, he decides to make additional purchases. He harshly examined an elder man in order to test his agility and value by demanding him to jump (pg. 101). While Haley treats slaves as profits, most slave owners violently mistreat their slaves. For example, Simon Legree, a grim man who serves as Tom’s last master, uses brutality to manage his workers. When Tom refuses to take Legree up on his offer to hurt an innocent woman, Legree responded by ordering Sambo and Quimbo, two muscular men, to beat Tom (pg. 303). After taking the deadly beating, Tom laid groaning on a cold floor in a vacant room where Cassy, another servant, attempts to heal him up (pg. 303). As if Tom lacked any tolerance to the abuse he faced, Legree continues to hurt him for his own amusement (pg. 321). This exposed common cruelty impacts the reader greatly by allowing room for sympathy for the innocent
It is historically accurate to note that a majority of people used to interpret slaves as legal property. Nevertheless, slave buyers inspect auctioned slaves like a family would a dog from a shelter. Whenever Haley heads south with Tom, he decides to make additional purchases. He harshly examined an elder man in order to test his agility and value by demanding him to jump (pg. 101). While Haley treats slaves as profits, most slave owners violently mistreat their slaves. For example, Simon Legree, a grim man who serves as Tom’s last master, uses brutality to manage his workers. When Tom refuses to take Legree up on his offer to hurt an innocent woman, Legree responded by ordering Sambo and Quimbo, two muscular men, to beat Tom (pg. 303). After taking the deadly beating, Tom laid groaning on a cold floor in a vacant room where Cassy, another servant, attempts to heal him up (pg. 303). As if Tom lacked any tolerance to the abuse he faced, Legree continues to hurt him for his own amusement (pg. 321). This exposed common cruelty impacts the reader greatly by allowing room for sympathy for the innocent