Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Elsa Dixler and Harriet Beecher Stowe

A guide to reading Uncle Tom's Cabin with a critical and appreciative mind encouraging analysis of plot, style, form, and structure. Also includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081203600X
• ISBN13: 9780812036008
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 7.0"
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12

Customer Reviews

One of My All-time Favorites

I read this book originally to understand what was meant by the statement: "He's an Uncle Tom." This was usually said as a derogatoy statement. After reading the book I don't think this statement has been used correctly. As a Christian who loves the Lord I have to rate it as one of the best books that every Christian should read. I guess the derogatory statement comes from what looks like a black man being in willing submission to his master. From a Christian's point of view it is actually a man of God being in submission to His God. As it was originally written to expose the life of slavery the book obviously does that very well. I heard that Abraham Lincoln said to Harriett Beecher Stowe upon meeting her, "So, you're the women responsible for starting the Civil War." Her account of slavery is vividally brutal.With these two aspects in mind I can say that this book has a tremendous affect on my thinking. The horrors of slavery along w/the reality of God working in the lives of both 'slave & free' are what remain in my thoughts. After reading Uncle Tom's Cabin I'm reminded that we Christians are to have the heart of a servant following Jesus' example.