Write a short essay comparing Harriet Beecher Stowe’s representation of Uncle Tom with Mark Twain’s representation of Jim.

Both Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain use black male characters, Uncle Tom and Jim, to write stories about race/class, the national identity/disidentity, and relations between “blacks” and “whites.” The relationships between Uncle Tom and a variety of whites and Jim and Huck model the mutual construction of white and black as well as possibilities of “national” identity. Write a short essay comparing Harriet Beecher Stowe’s representation of Uncle Tom with Mark Twain’s representation of Jim.