The first passage that I chose is "And what is the matter with Legree? And what was there in a simple curl of fair hair to appall that brutal man, familiar with every form of cruelty? To answer this, we must carry the reader backward in his history."... "Born of hard-tempered sire, on whom that gentle woman had wasted a world of unvalued love, Legree had followed in the steps of his father" (528). Harriet Beecher Stowe squeezed this passage in the story to tell the reader that Legree was horrible and evil not because of his m

The second passage that I chose from Uncle Tom's Cabin is "A slave warehouse! Perhaps some of our readers conjure up horrible visions of such a place."... "Human property is high in the market; and is, therefore, well fed, well cleaned, tended, and looked after, that it may come to sale sleek, and strong, and shining. (467)" The author thought this explanation was important to put in the story because it tells the reader that a slave warehouse isn't what it sounds like. It is in fact very well kept and clean. However, just because it is not a "bad" place, does not mean it is right for slaves to be there. So, I somewhat agree with Stowe on this passage because she states that the warehouse is in fact clean and not such a bad place to be, but she does not state the fact that slaves or any person that is alive on

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Approximate Word count = 550
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)