英文读书报告My Impression about Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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1、MyImpressionaboutUncleTom’sCabinFromthebookUncleTom’sCabin,IwassurprisedatthevariouskindsofrelationshipsbetweenwhitesandblacksoftheSouth.Welearnthatnotallwhiteswerebadandnotallblacksweregood,butthattherewerequiteamixtureofcharactersandrelationships.Thatwasanemphasisofthebook.

2、It'snotamelodrama,butshowsanevilinstitutionwhichallowsbothgoodandevilandallthoseinbetweentoexistunderit,andhowthisinstitutionaffectstheindividuals.IfoundStowe'smainpurposeofthisbookwastonakedlyexposetheinstitutionofslaverytoAmericaandtherestoftheworldwiththehopesthatsomething

3、wouldbedoneaboutit.Toachievethispurpose,sheshowedusindividualinstancesofslaveryinacountrythatprideditselfonitsChristianityanditslawsprotectingfreedom.Sheshowedushowabsurdslaveryis"beneaththeshadowofAmericanlawsandtheshadowofthecrossofChrist."Christianityplayedaveryimportantro

4、leinHarrietBeecherStowe’swritingwhichinevitablyinfluencedgreatlytheportraitureofcharactersinUncleTom’sCabinandalsoMrs.Stowe’sownsolutiontoslavery.Infact,allthecharactersinUncleTom’sCabincanbeputintofourcategories:perfectChristians,imperfectChristians,half-Christiansandnon-Chr

5、istians.TomandEvaarethoserarerealChristiansorperfectChristianswhoreallyliveuptotheprinciplesoftheBible.ImperfectChristiansincludethoselikeMrs.ShelbyandMissOpheliaetc.TheybelieveinGod,buttheirselfishnessorhypocrisypreventsthemfrombeinggoodChristians.Therearealsosomehalf-Christ

6、iansorgoing-to-beChristians,suchasSt.ClareandGeorgeHarris.St.Clareisalwaysskepticaltowardsreligionanddoesn’tbelieveGoduntilhisdaughtersandhisowndeaths.Harrisisanotherexample.Heisrebelliousatfirst,butwhenhisfamilyreunioncomestoareality,hebecomesmorecontentandcomesnearertoGod.W

7、hileSimonLegreeisatypicalexampleofnon-Christianwhosetoughnaturerefusestobetouchedbyanygoodword.Hedoesn’trepentevenathislastminute.Thiskindofcategorizingmightbeoversimplifying.Yet,thisisapatterninUncleTom’sCabin.Sointhissense,UncleTom’sCabinisabooksoakedwithspiritofChristianit

8、y.Inthebook,wecanfindtwotypicalpuresouls:TomandEva.TomisfaithfultoGo