Malou C
2008-06-01 21:22:38 UTC
It is well-known that words have the power to impress a reader and words force a reader feel different feelings such as pity, joy, happiness, interest, angry, etc. The aim of any writer is to stimulate these emotions of a reader. In this way, people obtain an experience and use a logical thinking that helps in future life experience.
The book ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ written by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a novel that has become a valuable contribution to history studies of America. The author of the novel ‘Uncle Toms’ Cabin’ has undertaken the great task of presenting such urgent questions of that time in her book. In fact, this novel brought a storm of criticism but at least this novel has served it’s the role in the history of the United States because it put an end to slavery. Therefore, the central idea of the book is the analysis of existing problem by means of revealing it within a novel that is based on personal experience, American laws that constitute the existence of slavery etc.
The author of the well-known novel in the history of the United States has succeeded in the purpose to create a touching book, which has come into the history of literature as the most influential one that gave the fist step of ending slavery in the United States. In addition, the present book includes the forty-five sections that introduce the reader with a deep sense of situation that has been in America.
Here, it is important to point out that the well-known writer, Harriet Beecher Stowe greatly contributed to the ending of the slavery in the United States. She is considered to be one of the leading writers of the 19th century. Due to the novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ she achieved success and prominence. Nevertheless, ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ is just one novel among other literary works written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
It is worth noting that the present book is the example of how the role of a person is important in understanding a work of literature. Besides, it represents the reader’s emotion versus emotions in characters and an emotional style used by the author. Harriet Beecher Stowe perfectly represents the inner world of her protagonists focusing on the importance of social values.
Moreover, we should examine what events in the novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ written in 1851 by Harriet Beecher Stowe have been harshly criticized as ‘sentimental’ or as ‘over-emotional’ in the novel. ‘The scenes of this story, as its title indicates, lie among a race hitherto ignored by the associations of polite and refined society; an exotic race, whose ancestors, born beneath a tropic sun, brought with them, and perpetuated to their descendants, a character so essentially unlike the hard and dominant Anglo-Saxon race as for many years to have won from it only misunderstanding and contempt’ (Stowe 1999, p. xxxv).
It is necessary to note that such aspects as research of the slavery’s problem, integrated models for understanding relationship and for learning and managing change, the analysis of the influence of the external environment on that change covered in this novel are relevant to a situation in the United States in the nineteenth century. The author’s main point is that slavery is the problem that takes place in the whole world. We should emphasize that the novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ does not offer quite new information but gives examples that perfectly illustrate the existing problem and therefore it is a useful and worth reading novel.
In fact, the novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ has been perfectly written and due to a clear language author reproduced the time, culture, civilization and the soul of that time. In his novel, the author uses secondary and primary sources such as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Harriet Beecher Stowe gives explanations, examples and much is done to give some background information as the book is written for diverse audience. For instance, ‘the cabin of Uncle Tom was a small log building, close adjoining to ‘the house’ as the ***** par excellence designates his master’s dwelling. In front it had a neat garden-patch, where, every summer, strawberries, raspberries, and a variety of fruits and vegetables, flourished under careful tending. The whole front of it was covered by a large scarlet, bignonia and a native multiflora rose, which entwisting and interlacing, left scarce a vestige of the rough logs to be seen’ (Stowe 1999, p. 20).
‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ is about the research conducted on the ending of slavery in the United States, as well as in different parts of the world, where this problem existed. It is necessary to note that people can learn some new facts presented in the book; besides, students would like to read this story that illustrates the examples from life represented by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Furthermore, the author uses various sources of information on which Harriet Beecher Stowe bases her study presented in the novel, though the majority of materials come from her own experience. It is necessary to stress that the author of the book has good literary skills. Personally, I am impressed with the author’s analysis of the topic. The book is well-organized and well-written that make it useful and informative. Thus, the novel ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin’ is worth reading for students and professionals.
Therefore, Harriet Beecher Stowe’ novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ is a regarded to be the bright example of how the words can affect the reader and what impact they bring in the very core. Harriet Beecher Stowe has written her novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ during the Romantic period of American Literature. In this novel puritan ethnic can be vividly observed. Harriet Beecher Stowe has come into the history of the literature as one of the first female writers who has gained fame and respect during a Romantic period, namely, during the 19th century. Nowadays, her works obtained a new success because the issues elaborated within her works are considered to be urgent till nowadays.
The novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ is full of deep sense and symbolic meanings that perfectly give an understanding of the difficulty of the situation. For example, ‘die on the field of battle, die on the field of battle, glory in my soul’ (Stowe 1999, p. 28). Symbolic meaning of the word ‘golden city’ can be understood as the desirable goal, in other words, ending of slavery.
Hence, it is important to point out that American history is full of important events that has greatly influenced on it. The efforts of Harriet Beecher Stowe helped to end slavery within the United States. One of the greatest leaders, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the U.S. called Harriet Beecher Stowe as a little lade who started a Civil War. The major contribution of Abraham Lincoln to the American history was fighting for liberty for slaves. He supported the rights of American slaves and in March 4, 1861 he was elected the 16th President of the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation was put into effect on January 1, 1863. It was the beginning of ending slavery.
When analyzed the novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ by Harriet Beecher Stowe we have come to the conclusion that literature is an important part of a human life. Sometimes it is used to show life on the examples of their predecessors; sometimes it is used as an entertainment activity due to which people lessen their daily stress; and sometimes it is used as an educational means of learning historical facts. Consequently, literature represents the special interest for a wide audience of people.
Art will live forever because its beauty has no borders. People always will enjoy the literary works, where they can find interesting information about the history of their country and so on. Harriet Beecher Stowe wanted people to remember that personal values should be appreciated and therefore she was fighting for the equality of human rights because God created all people equal despite their race, religion, and color of skin.
Summarizing, we can state that the novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, that brought success to the author, reveals such issues as politics, religion, race and gender. Besides, social beliefs concerning family and motherhood have been touched in the novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’. This novel is a perfect embodiment of culture within the United States in the nineteenth century. Harriet Beecher Stowe makes an emphasis on the personal and social values. Thus, the book ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ is worth reading for a wide audience.