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1、Reasons of Obedience and Disobedience in the Novel Uncle Tom【Abstract】In this paper， through the perspective of political and religious and peoples character described a variety of reasons of why the slaves obedience or disobedience to the slave owner.【Key words】obedience； disobedience； political； r
2、eligiousThe book Uncle Toms Cabin is a novel depicting the struggle against slavery in the United States. Tom represents the obedience in the novel， and Eliza represents the disobedience. This paper will analyze the reason why they obey or disobey to their master through the perspective of political
3、 and religious.1. Political ReasonsThroughout the whole novel， most of the slaves are obedience to the arrangement make of the master， even if they dissatisfied with the masters order and unwilling to execute， but as a black who define himself was born to a slave， obey the arrangement of the master
4、is their mission， so although not willing to do what the master was told， they will still obey to the masters will and get things done. But， as to the reasons of disobedience the slaves to their master， the most important reason is the political reason. By reading the book， people can know that a la
5、w which forbidding people to help slaves has been passed in the house of the state. Through the law， people can know that even though both the white and the black are live in the same country. Most people have discrimination on skin color. The white think the black must be inferior， must be like ani
6、mal succumbed to the white and be the slaves. But the black does not agree with this view. They think that all men are created equal， why the white would enslave them. And in view of this situation， the government not only havent prevent this kind of behavior doing by the white， but also make laws t
7、o forbid people to help the black， prevent them against. It hurts the black and contributing to their resistance， and finally caused some of the Negroes against the slave owners directly.In addition to the governments political problems caused by the unfair， discrimination on skin color is another p
8、olitical reason caused by the slaves resistance. People can see that through the sentences “He was waited upon over the factory， shown the machinery by George and that he began to feel an uneasy consciousness of inferiority. What had his Negro to be inventing machines？ Hed take him back， and put him
9、 to hoeing and digging.” Thought the master when see the machine invented by the black slave George Harris. So people can see that most white think the black must be inferior， must not smart than the white， and must be like animal succumbed to the white and be the slaves. Most white have discriminat
10、ion on skin color. 2. Religious ReasonTom is always commented as a saint and is regarded as a noble perseverance Christian slave. As Mr. Shelby said “Tom is a true Christian， he devoutly to god as the same as other Christians”. Tom， in fact is the incarnation of Jesus. His experience and character i
11、s similar to Jesus. Like Jesus was betrayed by his own disciple， Tom was sold to slave trader by his master who he supports wholehearted in order to pay a debt. They were betrayed by their very close relatives， and then began to suffer flesh torture endless， and end up dead. But no matter how bad th
12、e situation is， Tom always treats the people around him with a loving heart. However， his kind of perseverance is actually caused by his inner nature of cowardice， this weakness is the effect produced directly by Christianity on conservative slaves represented by Tom. Toms loyal to the master is fro
13、m its devotion to god. And such piety is what makes Tom thought is when learned that he will be sold “no， no， I dont go”， he thoughts that his being sold is the idea of god， and he cant violate gods meaning， and so cant betray his master. Under the guidance of god， Tom chose to obey the arrangement
14、of the master， been sold to the southern eventually. In his second home， after the two of his benefactor， little Eva and St. Clare die， the faithful Christian Tom gave up to escape too， he obeyed to the mistress Marys arrangement， been sold again. At the same time， it is Christianity that influence
15、Tom to stand silently rather than fight when face to violence.Religion makes most of the slaves so obedient and makes them have “virtue” at that time which mostly represented by Tom. The incomplete of Christianity had become the tool of slave owners to appease and control slaves to a large extent， w
16、hich resulted in the existing of slavery for such a long time.Eliza is a totally different figure from Tom， she is like the Israel fled from Egypt under gods guidance and help in the Bible. When Eliza learned that his son would be sold to slave traffickers， she protected her child to escape bravely and she also got away under Gods guidance and help. As the Miss said， “the soul is more important than the whole world. My child has a soul， and if I dont take hi
