During the time of The Civil War of 1861, the differing political and ethical options of the northerners and southerners created the debate discussing the institution of slavery. This disagreement is represented by Uncle Tom’s Cabin by, Harriet Beecher Stowe, by using the characters Simon Legree and Tom to symbolize the opinions of the North and South showing their political and ethical viewpoints.
The beginning of the Civil War was started by the growing tensions between the North and South 's political and ethical opinions, regarding the subject of slavery. This started and continued throughout the war bringing forth their definitive differences. The north 's drive to get rid of slavery, and the south’s conservative ideas, and their their …show more content…
He takes it upon himself to do the right thing and distribute a sum of his own cotton to her so she would not be punished. Unfortunately, this act of kindness was short lived since two other slaves reported them to the masters for breaking the rules. Simon Legree is a man with monstrous features, who represents the opinion of southerners by believing that when gifted with the title of “master”, you are now above all. Since they have this overwhelming amount of power and generations of encouragement on their belts, it leads them to these feeling of entitlement. A feeling that allows them to treat an entire race extremely wrong, and in this case one man. Tom, could both represent slavery in its entirety and the northern opinion due to his many sentiments spoken on behalf of these topics. This poor feeble man in turn for being kind is being forced to whip Lucy after their plans were corrupted. What Legree did not expect was for Tom to stick to his morals, “‘Yes, Mas’r,’ Tom replies. He says he’s willing to work day and night, but he will not whip an innocent woman. It’s wrong and he won’t do it.” (195) This quote depicts a strong argument for the north, using the word “innocent” shows the view that northerners have of slaves and what Stowe wanted her readers to grasp. That these people are human being, even though they seem to comply, “Yes, Mas’r”, when they are being treated like dirt. Tom decided to stick to his morals and offer other options. The south’s response to something like that is clearly stated by Legree, "I can 't!" said Legree, with a sneer; "we 'll see,—we 'll see! Here, Sambo, Quimbo, give this dog such a breakin ' in as he won 't get over, this month!" (197) With no hesitation they would dehumanize and belittle was little there was left of Tom. The south showed no mercy
The beginning of the Civil War was started by the growing tensions between the North and South 's political and ethical opinions, regarding the subject of slavery. This started and continued throughout the war bringing forth their definitive differences. The north 's drive to get rid of slavery, and the south’s conservative ideas, and their their …show more content…
He takes it upon himself to do the right thing and distribute a sum of his own cotton to her so she would not be punished. Unfortunately, this act of kindness was short lived since two other slaves reported them to the masters for breaking the rules. Simon Legree is a man with monstrous features, who represents the opinion of southerners by believing that when gifted with the title of “master”, you are now above all. Since they have this overwhelming amount of power and generations of encouragement on their belts, it leads them to these feeling of entitlement. A feeling that allows them to treat an entire race extremely wrong, and in this case one man. Tom, could both represent slavery in its entirety and the northern opinion due to his many sentiments spoken on behalf of these topics. This poor feeble man in turn for being kind is being forced to whip Lucy after their plans were corrupted. What Legree did not expect was for Tom to stick to his morals, “‘Yes, Mas’r,’ Tom replies. He says he’s willing to work day and night, but he will not whip an innocent woman. It’s wrong and he won’t do it.” (195) This quote depicts a strong argument for the north, using the word “innocent” shows the view that northerners have of slaves and what Stowe wanted her readers to grasp. That these people are human being, even though they seem to comply, “Yes, Mas’r”, when they are being treated like dirt. Tom decided to stick to his morals and offer other options. The south’s response to something like that is clearly stated by Legree, "I can 't!" said Legree, with a sneer; "we 'll see,—we 'll see! Here, Sambo, Quimbo, give this dog such a breakin ' in as he won 't get over, this month!" (197) With no hesitation they would dehumanize and belittle was little there was left of Tom. The south showed no mercy