Question

How is St. Clare characterized through his dialogue? What do his words reveal about his character? Give two examples from the text to support your reasoning. Your response should be at least 150 words.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Chapters 16-20

Answer 1

Consistent with Augustine's reasoning as a humanist, he argues that slavery imposes a dehumanizing effect on the slaveholder.  He makes the argument that one of the worst impacts of slavery is that it makes the master embrace the degradation of one human being at the hands of another as part of normal life.  It fails to make any distinction between how one human being should not control another.