Here, Stowe highlights the emotional and genuine effect that religion had on slaves. Clearly, Uncle Tom cares about the passages in the Bible that ardently affect him and speak to his heart, not the political passages that can be twisted justify sinful actions. The slaves focus on the messages and themes in the Bible that calm their emotions and bring them hope and joy, and they practice religion for themselves instead of being forced to attend church because it is a tradition. Continuing on, McKay more specifically describes Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin as “a widely distributed pedagogic novel of Christian example, with Uncle Tom presented as a model – especially for children and peasants – of piety, probity, and calm strength of conviction”.
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Expressing that “Stowe’s book lacks unity: it is a panorama, a succession of scenes with little unity between them,” Montégut specifies that Uncle Tom’s Cabin has mechanical writing flaws and criticizes Stowe’s storyline and plot. He continues to share that the novel consists of “facts and facts only, presented crudely and without any tact”. Moreover, Montégut denounces Stowe’s writing style as dull and perhaps unprofessional, certainly not what Stowe had originally …show more content…
He additionally describes Uncle Tom’s Cabin as containing a “type of aggressive strength in the words and epithets which have often characterized political writings”. Because of its apparent vigor and informative nature, some French viewed Stowe’s novel as political work, rather than one that appealed to religion, as she had originally intended. However, no matter what the perception, Stowe’s novel does indeed publicize the message of abolition and informs France about the gruesome happenings surrounding slavery. In the eyes of Émile Montégut and various other French critics, Stowe’s book needs a more elegant and expressive approach, and it also effectively conveys Stowe’s antislavery message, yet in a more political way than she had once hoped. Through her abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe seeks to inform the French people about the sinful, evil, and prominent nature of slavery and desires to morph their opinions concerning enslavement through various ties to religion; however, she ultimately tugs at their hearts through her strong emotional appeal while also communicating her forthright opinions about slavery in
Expressing that “Stowe’s book lacks unity: it is a panorama, a succession of scenes with little unity between them,” Montégut specifies that Uncle Tom’s Cabin has mechanical writing flaws and criticizes Stowe’s storyline and plot. He continues to share that the novel consists of “facts and facts only, presented crudely and without any tact”. Moreover, Montégut denounces Stowe’s writing style as dull and perhaps unprofessional, certainly not what Stowe had originally …show more content…
He additionally describes Uncle Tom’s Cabin as containing a “type of aggressive strength in the words and epithets which have often characterized political writings”. Because of its apparent vigor and informative nature, some French viewed Stowe’s novel as political work, rather than one that appealed to religion, as she had originally intended. However, no matter what the perception, Stowe’s novel does indeed publicize the message of abolition and informs France about the gruesome happenings surrounding slavery. In the eyes of Émile Montégut and various other French critics, Stowe’s book needs a more elegant and expressive approach, and it also effectively conveys Stowe’s antislavery message, yet in a more political way than she had once hoped. Through her abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe seeks to inform the French people about the sinful, evil, and prominent nature of slavery and desires to morph their opinions concerning enslavement through various ties to religion; however, she ultimately tugs at their hearts through her strong emotional appeal while also communicating her forthright opinions about slavery in