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    Uncle Tom’s Cabin has been called many things: the novel that started the Civil War and the most important piece of American literature among them. It tells the story of a slave named Uncle Tom whose journey through many owners, abuses, and hard times is amassed in a strong rhetorical piece of abolitionist writing. Despite its massive influence, very little dramatization of the novel has taken place. There is, to date, one play and one black and white movie made of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. This is for…

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    There is no doubt that the novels of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E. Wilson have many similarities. Both of the novels were written in the 1800’s long before the Civil Rights Act was ever written. The character of Tom (Uncle Tom’s Cabin), and Frado (Our Nig), appear to me, the reader to be the strongest similarity between the two novels. In the story of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Tom is an African American slave living on an…

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    In Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom lives with his Aunt Polly in St. Petersburg, Missouri in the nineteenth century. The author manipulates time to advance the story to make it seem as if all the events took place in a matter of days The setting is critical to the story because all of the main events happened in the town. The tone of the novel is knowing. Adventure is the theme. Tom is the protagonist of the novel. He was sneaky and conniving and did what he wanted,…

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    Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and the author of Uncle Toms Cabin, a book that disputes one of the most controversial issues of all time— slavery. Born into a family of theologians and preachers, Stowe grew up in Connecticut, and she had very little contact or knowledge on the reality of slavery in the South. Stowe was soon exposed to the severity in a city near Kentucky, which is where she began to see firsthand how poorly slaves were treated; and the more that was exposed…

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    The first article showed that if there was ever a publication occurrence to show the belief that timing is extremely important; “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was it. Frederick Douglass celebrated that she had “baptized with holy fire myriads who before cared nothing for the bleeding slave” while in the North. In the South things were different; her accusation of slavery through the hateful character of Legree was compared to a “malevolent” outbreak on the foundation of marriage, as if she had selected a…

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    In Chapter 19 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the AP theme of American and National Identity is displayed by the debate over slavery between St. Clare and Miss Ophelia. The two have very different views on slavery, racism, and the role of blacks in society. Miss Ophelia, a northerner, is MORE racist than the slave owning St. Clare. St. Clare believes that his slaves should not be worked hard and she be taught religion. He uses his slaves to help him with his finances and believes…

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    your name, and the current date (3 pts) - an introductory paragraph (3 pts.) - a paragraph on her life that fully addresses the answers you found for questions 1-11 (the focus of this paragraph should be on her life and what inspired her to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin) (3 pts.) - a paragraph about her novel that fully addresses the answers you found for questions 12-18(the focus on this paragraph should be the reaction her novel cause both nationally and internationally.) (3…

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    associations, and had done other great things that contributed to the well being of others. Stowe however believed that her best valuable purpose in life was to be an author. This proved to be true , when she released her world famous book titled Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The book gave thousands of families a new perspective on slavery and its’ cruelty during the Civil War. Although Stowe did not necessarily, physically fight in the war , she still made an effort to fight a large scale issue on the…

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    5 March 2015 The Controversy of Uncle Toms Cabin During the 1800’s, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the most influential novel whose popularity is surpassed by no other. Quickly during the 1800‘s Stowe became a pioneer for the anti-slavery and feminist movement. With the massive success attained by the novel, slavery soon became a pressing issue throughout society. Many literary works are incapable of entirely changing society as a whole, but novels such as, Uncle Times Cabin are able to create…

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    that made this great war” (Stowe). Harriet Beecher Stowe first published Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852. She inspired her audience by unmasking the calamity of slavery. This novel quickly became the second best seller, right behind the Bible. Written in the perspective of a slave the story created a new meaning for abolitionists. With unique style and enduring themes the high standard for anti-slavery literature emerged. Uncle Tom’s Cabin contains two compelling plots. Both beginning with…

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