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Summary: Putting light on the darkness
Review: "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is not an uplifting book to read; however, it is very interesting. The book is an historically accurate look of what conditions could have been like for the slaves during the 1850's. The characters are not embellished and the plot is somewhat believeable. The slaves are portyared as people, unlike what they could have been described as during this time period. The story also describes how the South and the North had some different ways of treating people whether they were slaves or not.
The points I found not enjoyable took me out of my comfort zone and showed me a darker side of how slavery could have been. Stories of families being broken up and seeing a person beat another for little reason did not give me pleasure in reading. The book gives both sides in just about everything: good slave owner vs. bad slave owner, North vs. South, black girl vs. white girl, black family vs. white family. The whole story has a deeper, darker meaning of American history. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is a very good book because of its examination of America's dark secret of pain and suffering. When it was first published, this book was a wake up call for the country. By reading it at the millennium, we are helping keep the memory alive, so that slavery does not happen again in the U.S. I highly recomend this book to anyone who hasn't read it, and if you have the chance, study it.
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Summary: Putting light on the darkness
Review: "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is not an uplifting book to read; however, it is very interesting. The book is an historically accurate look of what conditions could have been like for the slaves during the 1850's. The characters are not embellished and the plot is somewhat believeable. The slaves are portyared as people, unlike what they could have been described as during this time period. The story also describes how the South and the North had some different ways of treating people whether they were slaves or not.
The points I found not enjoyable took me out of my comfort zone and showed me a darker side of how slavery could have been. Stories of families being broken up and seeing a person beat another for little reason did not give me pleasure in reading. The book gives both sides in just about everything: good slave owner vs. bad slave owner, North vs. South, black girl vs. white girl, black family vs. white family. The whole story has a deeper, darker meaning of American history. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is a very good book because of its examination of America's dark secret of pain and suffering. When it was first published, this book was a wake up call for the country. By reading it at the millennium, we are helping keep the memory alive, so that slavery does not happen again in the U.S. I highly recomend this book to anyone who hasn't read it, and if you have the chance, study it.
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Summary: A Monument
Review: This book is a monument of American history, as real as Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, the Little Big Horn, Pearl Harbor, or Omaha Beach. After its first publication in 1852, it excited opinion throughout the United States on the question of slavery, raising awareness of the really terrible cruelties of the system. It also aroused a defensive spirit in the South, increasing the feeling that white southerners were being oppressed by the North and would eventually have to take some action to assert their "rights." The extent to which the book fueled the growing antagonisms that led to the Civil War may never be exactly known, but there is little doubt that it contributed to the ultimate confrontation-and the resulting destruction of the "peculiar institution."
The book is also a wonderfully compelling story. If you can read it without shedding a tear, feeling a surge of anger and indignation at the capacity of some people to oppress other people in the name of race, you are a stronger (or perhaps less feeling) person than I. And after you have finished the last page, you will never again refer to a weak, sniveling, or obsequious African-American as an "Uncle Tom." Stowe's Uncle Tom was in fact one of the strongest characters ever depicted in literature-true to his principles, steadfast in his belief, almost unbelievably courageous in the face of terrible suffering.
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Summary: Uncle Tom's Cabin Customer Rewiew
Review: Uncle Tom's Cabin is a touching story about slavery in the mid 1800's and the influence of God on their faith in life. This novel is a graphic description of the horrid life of slaves and the strength it took for them to endure it. Many scenes in this book contain horrible gory things although I believe it takes a story with this kind of violence to really show what it was like to be a slave. The author does a good job at making the reader feel the pain of the victim and understand the things these people had to go through. Uncle Tom's Cabin is about a slave who uses his faith in God to help other slaves throughout their excruciating journey. This story portrays many different versions of attitudes towards slavery also. It contrasts the difference of treatment of the slaves in different areas. The story shows that in many parts of the United States slaves were treated with a lot of respect, but in the other half they were treated like animals who should be starved and beaten.
Personally I really enjoyed this book in all aspects. This is a story that could change ones outlook on life completely. Some of the description in the scenes made me cringe at the thought, but it made me realize that if I am cringing at these words on a page of paper I could not possibly imagine what it must be like to actually be there experiencing it.
I think this is a book that everyone should read at some point in his or her life. Reading this was a life touching experiencing that every person should have
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Summary: Uncle Tom's Cabin Customer Rewiew
Review: Uncle Tom's Cabin is a touching story about slavery in the mid 1800's and the influence of God on their faith in life. This novel is a graphic description of the horrid life of slaves and the strength it took for them to endure it. Many scenes in this book contain horrible gory things although I believe it takes a story with this kind of violence to really show what it was like to be a slave. The author does a good job at making the reader feel the pain of the victim and understand the things these people had to go through. Uncle Tom's Cabin is about a slave who uses his faith in God to help other slaves throughout their excruciating journey. This story portrays many different versions of attitudes towards slavery also. It contrasts the difference of treatment of the slaves in different areas. The story shows that in many parts of the United States slaves were treated with a lot of respect, but in the other half they were treated like animals who should be starved and beaten.
Personally I really enjoyed this book in all aspects. This is a story that could change ones outlook on life completely. Some of the description in the scenes made me cringe at the thought, but it made me realize that if I am cringing at these words on a page of paper I could not possibly imagine what it must be like to actually be there experiencing it.
I think this is a book that everyone should read at some point in his or her life. Reading this was a life touching experiencing that every person should have
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