Uncle Tom's Cabin Analysis Essay
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Analysis Essay The novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin begins with a deal between Mr. Haley and Arthur Shelby. Mr. Haley is a slave buyer and Mr. Shelby is a slave holder who happens to be in quite a bit of trouble. Unfortunately for Mr. Shelby he has gone into debt and he must sell some of his slaves in order to prevent from selling his land. Mr. Haley has agreed to buy some of his slaves but he has a preference. He wants to buy Uncle Tom, one of Mr. Shelby’s beloved slaves, and he wants him to include a boy or a girl with the exchange. Even though Mr. Shelby didn’t approve of this request, he agreed reluctantly. They decided on Eliza’s son Harry; Eliza is Mr. Shelby’s wife’s maid. Before Mr. Shelby could discuss the issue with
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Clare and they quickly become friends. One day, Eva fell off the side of the boat and Uncle Tom dove in after her. Eva’s father was very grateful to Uncle Tom that he accepted Eva’s request and bought Uncle Tom from Haley. Uncle Tom spent a great amount of time with the St. Clare family as their chauffer. But the one person who he grew the closest to was Eva. They spent a great amount of time together. Eva has always appreciated the slaves she had in her home, to her there was no black and white; she saw everyone as equals. After a certain amount of time, we learn that Eva is very sick. When she is at her final moments, Eva makes her father promise that he will make sure that when she dies that he will set all the slaves free, of course Mr. St. Clare promises. The day after Eva’s funeral, Mr. St. Clare becomes depressed and miserable because he is now alone and stuck with his cruel wife. Uncle Tom attempts to help Mr. St. Clare through his loss. Unfortunately, soon after Eva died, two drunken men stabbed Mr. St. Clare while he was in a café reading the newspaper. Not expecting his own death so soon, Mr. St. Clare did not have any time to complete the free papers for all the slaves like Eva had requested. All of the slaves ended up belonging to Marie, Mr. St. Clare’s cruel wife. She ended up selling all the slaves to cruel slave holders. Uncle Tom ended up with a slave owner named Simon Legree. Simon is the worst kind of slave
Clare and they quickly become friends. One day, Eva fell off the side of the boat and Uncle Tom dove in after her. Eva’s father was very grateful to Uncle Tom that he accepted Eva’s request and bought Uncle Tom from Haley. Uncle Tom spent a great amount of time with the St. Clare family as their chauffer. But the one person who he grew the closest to was Eva. They spent a great amount of time together. Eva has always appreciated the slaves she had in her home, to her there was no black and white; she saw everyone as equals. After a certain amount of time, we learn that Eva is very sick. When she is at her final moments, Eva makes her father promise that he will make sure that when she dies that he will set all the slaves free, of course Mr. St. Clare promises. The day after Eva’s funeral, Mr. St. Clare becomes depressed and miserable because he is now alone and stuck with his cruel wife. Uncle Tom attempts to help Mr. St. Clare through his loss. Unfortunately, soon after Eva died, two drunken men stabbed Mr. St. Clare while he was in a café reading the newspaper. Not expecting his own death so soon, Mr. St. Clare did not have any time to complete the free papers for all the slaves like Eva had requested. All of the slaves ended up belonging to Marie, Mr. St. Clare’s cruel wife. She ended up selling all the slaves to cruel slave holders. Uncle Tom ended up with a slave owner named Simon Legree. Simon is the worst kind of slave