Uncle Tom's Cabin

A confluence of political, economic and social factors, starting with the founding of our great nation and persisting with Congressional battles over states’ rights, led to the Civil War. Yet the ultimate strike that broke the cohesiveness of the Union was the divisive issue of slavery. Despite some nuance between positions on the issue regarding popular sovereignty and government power, the facts remained that half of the country supported the institution of slavery and the other half of the…

Freedoms, the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restrain. Freedoms were made to protect citizens, but is society today interfering with the citizen’s freedoms? Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury helps one think about if freedoms are being restricted, and if so, should they be. The articles “Theme Parks and Your Privacy” and “Theme parks ramp up security: What to know before you go”, also helps one dive into freedoms for safety and protection being…

Realism is a period of art that started in the 1850’s and has continued on in various forms since then. In a literary sense Realism is the attempt to portray life as it is and not, like the Romantics, as it should be. This philosophy is the heart of Realism and “has its origins in Descartes and Locke” who laid the groundwork for Empirical thought (Ian Watts, Rise of the Novel). Realism portrays society by using Empirical methods, the human senses, to create an objective view of reality in the…

While many cultural movements influenced the people of the nation, such as the rise of women’s rights, enlightenment and industrialization, abolition had one of the largest cultural and societal influences on the populous of America. In 1829, a freed slave named David Walker published An Appeal to Colored Citizens of the World, in which he tried to encourage slaves to rise up against their masters, causing conflicts among the fellow abolitionists, as it was too drastic and extreme for them to…

assaulting enslaved people became to expand beyond the pages of abolitionist newspapers, like North Star and The Liberator, and slave narratives to Congressional debates over slavery’s expansion and the most widely read novel of the decade. In Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the character of Simon Legree, the epitomy of a cruel slaveowner, is fond of his “ferocious-looking dogs”. In one scene, while “caressing them with grim satisfaction,” Legree menacingly tells Tom, “Ye see what ye 'd get, if ye try to run…

The common theme between Harrison Bergeron and Fahrenheit 451 is that in order for a society to succeed people need to be aware. In both books it shows throughout that the society's would be much better off if people were aware. In the first book Harrison Bergeron shows his society how beautiful the world can be if people are allowed to perform to their fullest ability. The first quote is one example of how beautiful a society can be "Harrison plucked the mental handicap from her ear, snapped…

Uncle Tom’s Cabin had been published earlier that year which caused even greater controversy about slavery as did the Fugitive Slave Act because it brought forward the truth behind America’s hypocrisy. It added fuel to the fire that was burning across the nation…

Burn it. White people don’t feel good about Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Burn it. Someone’s written a book on tobacco and cancer of lungs? The cigarette people are weeping? Burn the book. Serenity, Montag. Peace, Montag. Take your fight outside. Better yet, into the incinerator” (Bradbury 65). Analysis- This quote…

The American Civil War was the result of increased tensions between the North and the South. Among the events that caused the tensions to rise were the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, The Pottawatomie Massacre, The Raid of Harpers Ferry, and The Election of 1060. These events and the results are what caused the tension that lead to one of the bloodiest fights America has ever seen. The Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1860. Composed into ten different sections they all sent the same message.…

black and some white enthusiasts such as Lloyd Garrison, who started airing his views through a radical newspaper. Another supporter who played part in the abolition of slave trade was Beecher Stowe, publishing an antislavery novel by name “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in 1852. The major ideologies spread by this abolitionist were that slavery and other related practices were considered sinful in nature and the concept of free labor being inefficient and with less economic gains, they also had a belief…