Uncle Tom's Cabin

One of the most enjoyable books I have read this semester has been Uncle Tom's Cabin. Harriat Beecher Stowe wrote an incredibly engaging story that depicted the life of Slaves and Slave Owners in the South during the 1800's. The main character of this book, Uncle Tom, has clear correlations with the character of Christ as a suffering servant in this world. I was moved by several aspects of the story and in a day and age which has forgotten the history of just a few hundred years ago, I understand more clearly the injustice that our society incurred the story of this great nation of America. I am inspired as an American that the leaders of our country overcame a immoral system of the cruel treatment of human life. It gives me hope that in the future of this great country we can overcome other moral injustice that does not align with the Law of God.

A few parts of the book that I enjoyed...

Christian Symbolism
Throughout the book it is obvious that the author intended to lead the reader to Scripture. Uncle Tom is a clear Christ figure that clearly followed God in all his ways. He was consistently leading others to interpret their experience with an eternal perspective that focused on the truth that God would right the wrongs of an oppressed people. The most clear picture of this that we see is when he was beaten by the other two lead men of the oppresive slave owner, he prayed for their forgiveness. And right before he died these two men, who were fellow slaves, asked Uncle Tom to pray for their salvation. On his deathbed he is proclaiming forgiveness and Christ. It is shadowing of the picture we see when Jesus is crucified between two theives on the cross.

Character Development

Spectrum of Theological Belief Towards Slavery

The Example of a New Perspective