The Underground Railroad
Writers differ in the purpose for which they write. Some aim to entertain, but the more serious and skilled writers usually have the goal of expressing a serious idea. Writers such as Hariet Beecher Stowe and Alex Haley are writers who write for more than mere entertainment. Uncle Tom?s Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, had a political purpose. Stowe intended to help America realize the inhumanity of slavery and the pain it brought upon African-Americans by writing a melodramatic novel. She despised the South for practicing slavery and the North as well for their prejudice against blacks. Roots was written by Alex Haley in search of his origin. His hunger for knowledge of who he was and who his ancestors were inspired him to carry out numerous 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 Tom?s Cabin for a political purpose, both authors lead readers to sympathize with the predicaments of African-Americans by putting a human face, as well as a racial one on the tragedy of slavery, thus involving all readers in the inhumanity of the institution.In Uncle Tom?s Cabin we are cordially introduced to Unc
They begin to realize that these people are humans as well and can feel just as any other person of any skin color. By depicting the dramatic scene when Uncle Tom reluctantly shares his last good-byes with his family, she provides a chance for the reader to imagine himself or herself in Uncle Tom?s or Aunt Chloe?s shoes. He wants people to realize how African-Americans got here and also the hardships they have been through. (Haley 179)In the hold where these men lie, there is constant moaning and screaming from the physical anguish as well as mental anguish. When Eliza learns that her only child is to be sold, one transcends beyond racism and begins to feel Eliza?s pain as a mother. He feels that they are pagans and are a disgrace to the black race. In his commentary Edmund Wilson states the following. As one is introduced to the setting of Uncle Tom?s cabin, one feels at home and very relaxed. He always looks around his surroundings with keenness in order to learn the landscapes and the different ways of the people in this new country so that he will have a better chance of escaping and regaining his freedom. One begins to question how Uncle Tom can be so pious and honest in such a world he lives in. Just as Baldwin stated, Haley does an excellent job of portraying life in Juffure. It seems as if all is well and nothing can go wrong in Uncle Tom?s life. Once again his attitude toward this predicament seems too good to be true and absolutely heartbreaking to the reader. His muscles, so long unused, screamed with pain, but the cold, rushing air felt good upon his skin, and he had to stop himself from whooping out loud with the pleasure of feeling so wildly free. Kunta?s screams were joined by others? as each movement up and down, or from side to side, sent the chained men?s naked shoulder, elbows, and buttocks?already festered and bleeding?grinding down even harder against the rough boards beneath them, grating away still more of the soft, infected skin until the muscles underneath began rubbing against the boards.
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