Uncle Tom's Cabin Part II

An intriguing point we brought up during class as to why this novel is a novel in the first place is due to the accessibility of novels in general. As I mentioned before, if it was an academic essay, it may have gone unnoticed and the American Civil War may not have happened. The main reasons for putting it in a novel format involve a few among other forms of connection: sentimentalism and empathy. Without the characters to connect to, nobody ever would have understood the messages that Stowe was trying to convince the public. Based on what she wrote, she was writing against oppression towards the slaves in attempt to convince America that slavery was a horrible thing from the beginning. As such, she made an abundance of the female characters the voice of reason, since, throughout history, people tend to listen and trust women more than men. An interesting strategy on her part, indeed.