Both Harriet B. Stowe and Mark Twain use black character, Uncle Tom and JIm, to write stories about race/class, the national identity/disidentity, and relations between “blacks” and “whites.” The relationship between Uncle Tom and a variety of whites and Jim and Huck model the mutual constuction of white and black as well as possibilities of a “national” identity. Compare Harriet Beecher Stowe‘s representation of Uncle Tom with Mark Twain’s representation of Jim. You may want to consider: Is Jim’s relationship tp Huck similar to Tom’s relationship to Little Eva?


