Uncle Vanya

Harriet Beecher Stowe is a famous abolitionist and author whose novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin had an impact on the end of slavery in the United States. She is credited with saying, "It is a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done." By this quote I believe that she is saying that it is the duty of good people to stand up for people who cannot speak up for themselves. It does take tremendous courage to speak out because the act of speaking…

In the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe tells the story of two slaves, Tom and Eliza, who use different methods to contend with their situations. Eliza chooses to escape to freedom in Canada with her son, but Tom endures being sold several times to cruel owners while comforting his fellow slaves through his Christian faith. Stowe wrote the book as a way to show white Americans that the treatment that slaves received was wrong. One of the major themes in the book was the idea…

institution of slavery. In Uncle Tom’s Cabin slavery and Christianity are viewed as opposites, yet live in a world together. Harriet Beecher Stowe shows how each influence characters throughout the book. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written in the 1850s. During this time religion, particularly Christianity, was very important to American society. Throughout the book Stowe heavily illustrates how slaves were extremely religious and seen as true Christians. While Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin…

several statutes and laws to regulate the activity of slavery, it was still trapping thousands of people in inhumane circumstances. Needless to say, Harriet Beecher Stowe would soon shed some light on the topic and reveal the human costs of slavery. Uncle Tom’s Cabin may not have started the Civil War, but had a major impact on the opinions of Americans which helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War. Americans had a very different view about slavery up until they purchased and read Stowe’s…

Murder took place in a small town and two young boys who witnessed the event struggled to keep their mouths closed. This event took a toll on the boy's mental stability. Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer took place in the early 1800s. The small town of St. Petersburg, Missouri was the setting of this novel where all the book’s events took place. A boy named Tom had a crazy experience, meeting new people and visiting new places. This book took us on an adventure and showed us his…

Cather herself had spent some time in Washington, D.C. while working for the Nebraska State Journal and the Index of Pittsburgh Life writing criticism and interviews with comments on the Washington cultural and social scenes (Willa 102). In an effort to supplement her income while there, Cather took a job as a translator in a government office identifying the slaving clerks her fictional Tom later encounters (Willa 102). In the novel, discouraged by Tom’s inability to obtain governmental support…

Thomas’s life on the prairie It all started when Tom was thirteen years old traveling west on a wagon train somewhere in Wyoming in 1854. From his ma’s diary- As I was riding along in the wagon train I was approached by my cousin - Frank - from a portion of the train that had split off to travel on its own. My cousin had news-”The rest of the wagon train is dead” Frank said. We had split up a few days ago to look for food. We hadn't heard from them for a while and were wondering about…

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an author a civil rights activist and she was best known for her popular anti-slavery novel called “uncle sam’s cabin”. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher was born on June 14, 1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut. She was 7th out of 13 children born to religious leader Lyman Beecher and his wife, Roxanna Foote Beecher.Her mother died when Harriet was a child. Harriet’s seven brothers grew up to be ministers, including the famous leader Henry Ward Beecher. Her sister Catharine…

From the very beginning of Uncle Tom’s Cabin it is very clear who the author’s intended audience is: white Christian mothers. Throughout the novel the author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, weaves in her definition of strong female characters and her ideals about the perfect woman in the 19th century and there for influences the thoughts of her audience. Stowe was so clearly trying to portray women in an empowering way, but her definition of equality was skewed and instead limited her female characters…

Shelby sold a couple of his slaves to a man named Mr. Haley, a slave trader. The two slaves that he sold are named Uncle Tom, a middle-aged man, and Harry, the son of Emily’s maid named Eliza. When Shelby informs his Emily about the sale of their two slaves, she is disgusted because she has sworn to Eliza that Shelby would not sell Harry. Eliza hears their talk and she warns Uncle Tom and Aunt Chloe, his spouse. After doing this, she takes Harry and flees north, wanting to get to freedom with…