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Recommended: The importance of Uncle Tom's Cabin as a literary text

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, published in 1852, was one of the most influential books of the 19th century. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a story about a few slaves, centering around one named Tom. Readers follow Tom and his fellow slaves as they are chased, killed, hated, and traded. This book was very influential for the abolitionist cause, because the author makes the characters lovable and relatable, resulting in you feeling personally offended by their owners and the other slave-traders. By the end of the book you begin to consider slavery your own personal enemy. Personally, I enjoyed reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin because it kept me on the edge of my seat and engaged me in the story. The story is truly a roller coaster ride-every page brings some new misfortune or twist in the story, so readers never lose interest. In addition, Stowe makes every character very believable and relatable, and readers begin to care deeply about their lives as though they were real people. …show more content…

Again, Stowe makes the characters in Uncle Tom’s Cabin relatable and lovable, and readers begin to view them as their friends. Therefore, when we see these characters being traded and uprooted and treated awfully by their owners as a result of the practice of slavery, we begin to feel personally offended by slavery. Therefore, in the time of slavery, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was effective in influencing people against slavery. In conclusion, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was influential in the fight against slavery because readers feel close to the slave characters, and therefore feel personally offended by slavery. I loved the book because it kept me on the edge of my seat and involved me in the characters’ lives. I believe that everyone should read Uncle Tom’s Cabin at least once in their

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