An Era of Inhumanity :: American America History

An Era of In pieceityWriters differ in the purpose for which they write. Some target to entertain, but the to a greater extent serious and skilled writers usually have the tendency of expressing a serious idea. Writers such as Hariet Beecher Stowe and Alex Haley argon writers who write for more than mere entertainment. Uncle Toms Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, had a political purpose. Stowe intended to jockstrap America realize the inhumanity of slavery and the pain it brought upon African-Americans by theme a melodramatic novel. She despised the South for practicing slavery and the North as well for their prejudice against blacks. root was written by Alex Haley in wait of his origin. His hunger for knowledge of who he was and who his ancestors were inspired him to carry out many years of research and countless interviews in order to finish his book. Although Alex Haley wrote Roots in search of his origin and Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Toms Cabin for a political purpose, two authors lead readers to sympathize with the predicaments of African-Americans by putting a human face, as well as a racial one(a) on the catastrophe of slavery, thus involving all readers in the inhumanity of the institution. In Uncle Toms Cabin we be cordially introduced to Uncle Tom. He is a large, broad-chested, powerfully-made man, of a full glossy black, and a face whose truly African feature are characterized by and expression of solemn and steady good finger, united with much motleyliness and benevolence(Stowe 24). By her description of Tom, Stowe contradicts the common stereotype that blacks are savages and inhumane by swelled Uncle Tom the characteristics of an ideal, honest man. He is described as being kind and benevolent as well as having an expression of good sense. Stowe also portrays Uncle Tom as a perfect being. It seems as if his personality is without a flaw and seems too good to be true. By self-aggrandising Uncle Tom this flawless characte ristic, Stowe is able to show that he too is human although his difference in skin color. As one is introduced to the setting of Uncle Toms cabin, one feels at home and very relaxed. Aunt Chloes cooking of various flavoursome dishes adds to the serene environment of the cabin and as we see Uncle Tom learning how to read and write from his young Masr George, it seems as though there are no worries, hardships are unknown, and an utopia exists within the walls of the cabin.