Hey there my little pineapples! ~

Today I want to suggest you the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which I read in the interval of two weeks, as I had to for school.
But I'd say it was totally worth it!

First, a short summary of content:

The mainplot is about a slave named Tom, who lives in Kentucky. He manages the farm of his owner Mr. Shelby who treats his slaves very well and has a trusty relationship with them. But one day Mr. Shelby has to sell Tom and Harry, the son of Eliza, another servant, due to depts. Hence Tom is separated from his wife and his children and sold to a new Master who is called Mr. St. Claire. This man is, as contrasted with his wife, pretty indulgent to his slaves. He has got a daughter who asked him to buy Tom and soon a friendship was built between the girl and the slave, reinforced by their Christian confession. But the little girl contracted with consumption and died after she had uttered her last wish. She requested her father to free Tom and he planned to do so, but was murdered before. His wife Mrs. St. Claire did not want to relinquish the money and therefore she sold Tom to Mr. Legree who owned a cotton plantation. He is a violent fellow who wants Tom to be the supervisor for the other slaves, but that would mean to beat them and treat them unhuman. Consequently Tom refused to do so but gave hope to the desperated with his Christian love. Mr. Legree tries to break his confession by beating him but Tom resists and forgave his Master and even prayed for his soul when he died because of the abuse. Meanwhile George Shelby, the son of Mr. Shelby tries to find Tom and buy him again, as promised, but he is to late and as he burried Tom's body, he bid fair to look after his family. When he got back to Kentucky he freed all his slaves and employed them regularly.
The subplot is about Eliza, who, after having heard that her son Harry is going to be sold and separated from her, fled. Finally she found her husband and they were able to escape to Canada with the aid of some Quarkers. In Canada they meet Eliza's mother and her husband's sister who also escaped slavery and move to France, where Eliza's husband studied. After that the whole family moves to Liberia where they helped to build an African state for slaves who fled from their owners.

Now, I'd like to describe my favourite scene and afterwards my own opinion:

My favourite scene in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is when Eliza's husband, George, who escaped from his owner, meets his previous owner and tells him his really sad story. What makes this scene my favourite is, that Mr. Wilson, George's previous Master, cries in the end and gives him some money, so that he could make his way to Canada. I think this represents, that even when slavery was common, there have been a few people who still knew humanity and pity and although it was forbidden, tried to helped the slaves as they saw them as humans and not as their property.

I think, that this book is utterly thought-provoking and it reminds you, that you should be happy with those things you have. In one part of the book Stowe writes from the perspective of a slave who said something like the only thing he owns are the flowers on the field. And that made me realise, that in our community it seems to be natural to own a flat or a house and to go to school or work. We have the opportunity to express our opinion and we are protected by the human rights. Only this book pointed up, that slaves did not even own their body and the only thing they could do was praying and believe in God. Although it is sometimes a bit hard to understand, because of the language it is written, this book is totally worth to be read.

So for now, I'm going to say good-bye and have fun reading this book ;)

xxx Mrs. Pineapple

P.S.: It's possible to buy this book for about 10€ and it's also free to get for an e-book reader :)