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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Uncle tom's cabin
Review: this book is amazing it will make even the most manly person shed a tear.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Melodrama At Its Height
Review: Upon re-reading this work, I found the book to so much more melodramatic than when I read it thirty years ago. But then this is another day, another time. It's prose that hit the nail on the head in those turbulent times before the Civil War. Harriet Beecher Stowe had a cause to write about and wrote a work that still stands the test of time.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Theres is a reason for it being a 'classic'!
Review: I just read Uncle Tom's Cabin for the first time, and I fell in love with it from the first chapter. It was a non-stop thrill ride that left me in my seat until I finished it! I'm astonished to see so many reviewers giving this epic novel a bad rating, because it was one of the best books of its time!This story is filled with unforgettable characters that you will remember for you whole live, it will make the hairs on your neck stand high, and also make you cry! You can sewe Harriet Beecher Stowe's anger, and pain through her writing..she is the only person who could have written such a novel, a great storyteller!

I have never read a book of this genre that kept me intruiged throughout the whole novel, I found myself expecting there to be a point were the action stopped, and it started to get boring, but it never came. Upon its release in the mid-1800's Uncle's tom cabin has remained one of the most talked about books of all time, and there are obvious resons for that. When this bookk was released it shocked the northern United States, and the Southern United states claimed that the book was a lie, and that they didn't treat they're slaves anything like the characters in the book. This book is called one of the main reasons for the civil-rights movement, so just by reading this novel, you are reading a big 'chunk' of history! The messege of this novel by abolistionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, was clear to see...Slaves needed to be free, and if it wasn't for this book that might have not happened at that time!

Uncle Tom's Cabin starts off with Eliza (a slave-mother) overhearing her master, and a slave trader talking about selling uncle tom (one of the most loyal, and reliable slaves on the plantation) for a large sum of money. The trader is reluctant to the deal because he dosn't belive that any slave is worth the amount of money that was offered...but when a slave boy comes in (Eliza's son) he askes if he can buy both Uncle Tom, and the little boy..The plantation owner agree's, and Eliza is very worried.

When the plantation owner tells his wife about what he did, she is not at all happy. She even suggests telling the Trader that he had changed his mind and no longer needed to sell two slaves......but he asssures her that she is wrong, and that even though Uncle Tom is the best slave that they have on the whole plantation, he needs the money. She informs him that the little boy has a loving mother but, he just acts as if he dosn't care and assures her once agian that he needs the money.

That Same night Eliza, tells her son that they are running away and finding Canada, because the plantation owner is trying to sell him. He quickly agree's and they run off, hours after their escape when they are reported missing, a search is sent out for them, and they are seen for a few minutes but then are lost agian.....if this biggining sounds interesting to you it is just a 100'th of many interesting, and suspenseful scenes to come, don't miss out on the classic, and piece of history in litrature, or you will be sorry! --Oskar Vidaurre

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Has its virtues, but doesn't deserve the title "classic"
Review: For anyone who is picking this book up in the interest of learning about lives and conflict during the times of slavery, you'd be better advised to read "Roots" if you haven't already done so, or perhaps some historical non-fiction. That said, it's a moving story and grips the reader with its pain and anguish. But it's also rather poorly written, and were it not for its subject and the time period it came out in, no one would dare call this a "classic." The author's tone and perspective is muddled and the "Christian" themes she promotes in her characters seem rather ludicrous to me. "Good" slaveholders are warped into demigods filled with "virtue" and "refinement," and it's easy to see why the title character has become such a source of resentment for many people. But, on the other hand, it is what it is and has influenced a great deal of readers and our society in general, and that alone makes it a necessary read. But it can't compare to something like Alex Haley's novel, because she simply isn't on the same par as a writer.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Propaganda
Review: This fictional story was claimed to be of divine inspiration and was used to justify the shedding of blood...this is a prejudiced view against Southerners, who, Library of Congress Records show paid their servants better wages/profit sharing, and provided better housing than the average industrial New York worker of 1900.

Mrs. Stowe, and her husband, both shared a very high view of mankind, and a very low view of God. They claimed a higher moral authority than the US Constitution, and the Bible, in condemning slavery...rather than the evils that attended slavery.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Melodrama, but historically significant...
Review: In glancing over a few of the reviews, it is obvious that some readers missed the point. I suggest they go back and reread the conversations between Augustine St. Clare and his cousin, Ophelia. Stowe masterfully summarizes the conflicting attitudes of a nation on the brink of civil war. I expected melodrama, of course, from a 19th century novel. I did not expect such well-written discourse. And, as a result, it is now required reading in the college level U.S. history courses I teach.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Study In Prejudice.
Review: When Harriet Beecher-Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852 it sold more copies than any book before, other than the Bible. It became a significant catalyst in the social movements of the time: abolition of slavery, and States' rights. It could be argued that her book was a major cause of the Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation. That's one powerful book--especially for fiction.

While the book was intended as an illustration of the evils of slavery, it ends up as more--specifically a study in racism with the conclusion that prejudice comes in infinite degrees. Even Harriet herself was prejudice. She occasionally takes the unorthodox approach of interrupting her narrative to preach to the reader, clearly stating her opinion that Blacks were a "degraded race," but still worthy of humane treatment. As she wends her way through the story and reveals her large and varied cast of characters, she exposes the many forms of discrimination, some more forgiving than her own.

She portrays her hero, the old slave, Uncle Tom, as a likeable, caring, Christian man deserving compassion and freedom. She unwittingly coined the Uncle Tom cliché, that of a complacent and passive black man resigned to his low station in life, kowtowing to white men. But she also delivers us the more savory George Harris, a hot-blooded and intelligent young slave willing to die for his freedom, a man with true "American" virtue. She introduces the reprehensible slave traders and run-away trackers, the brutal plantation owners, Southern apologists and sympathizers, Northern indignation and apathy, and the only color-blind people in her book, the helpful Quakers on the Underground Railway. Most important, she shows the tragic result of slave child ripped from mother, and husband from wife to be "sold down river." A century and a half later, it's hard to imagine how this could happen.

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a prime example of the power of the written word. It divided a nation and changed an institution. Its message remains relevant even today, and still manages to ignite passions. Beyond all that, it's actually one heck of an entertaining story. --Christopher Bonn Jonnes, author of Wake Up Dead.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Glimps of Old...
Review: Wow... what can I say?

I did like this book, as far as the story goes. But I must admit, the style of writing was... well... let's say less than professional. I guess the style of writing back then was much different than today, but there was too much "He said. She said." or "Tom said. St. Claire said." There is no need to put "[whatever] said." after each sentence of dialog.

I think what I liked the most about this book is that it is TRUE and ACCURATE. It is noted that the characters are based on real people, the attitudes and way of speech are based on the reality of the time... since it was written by a person during that period of time, the accuracy cannot be matched. It was a nice story... but most of all... it was fiction based on non-fiction.

It was a story you can believe in.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: I've tried to enjoy this book
Review: Uncle Tom's Cabin is a piece of propoganda that masquerades itself as literature. The book was written to further the cause of the abolitionist movement, a fact that every reader should pick up in the first chapter. There are several flaws in this book that I would like to point out. First, there are simply too many characters in this novel. The result is that none of the characters are fully developed. Stowe creates stereotypes, not real people. No one is as purely evil as Legree, or as saintly as Eva or Tom. Another problem with the book is that it is simply too long. I feel Stowe could have easily gotten her point across in half the space. Finally, I enjoy subtlety. This book has none. The messages in the novel are thinly veiled, at best. In many instances Stowe actually interrupts the story to explain what is going on, or make a plea to the reader. Thanks for the help Ms. Stowe, but I can figure out what is going on by myself.

The book is not without merit however. It is well written, even if it is on the long side. The book is also important in a historical sense. I would recommend reading it if you haven't done so. Just don't expect to be amazed. It is a long book, that is very hard to get into.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Deeply, deeply flawed.
Review: This book, while well-intentioned, stands as yet another monument to cheap American liberalism, wherein a well meaning person makes a case for his/her (often inaccurate) personal idealisation of an oppressed people, without taking the time to really understand what is happening.

The slaves in this book are angelic and good, yes, but they do nothing to impart in the reader a realistic understanding of what their plight really involved. The end result is almost embarassing.

UCT's heart is bigger than its brain, and that's a dangerous thing for an intended instrument of social change. If you want the real story, read Fredrick Douglas' autobiography.

On another note, this book is so sugary it made my teeth itch. It should be read and reviled.


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