As the story progressed, I found myself being more and more
disappointed in St. Clare’s character, much as I did with Mr. Shelby. I found
it difficult to be continuously sympathetic to such a apathetic character. As a
reader, I wanted someone to shake some sense into him and to take a stand for the
injustices of slavery, when he clearly knows it's wrong on every level.
By the time I was over half way through the novel, Eva and Tom
have established a really close friendship; it was here that I realized that while some
parts of Stowe’s writing contains emotional and moral depth in the various relationships
among characters, I found some parts of it to be a bit fluffy in nature that
made it hard for me to keep interest in the story. As in the beginning, I began
to find myself more interested in Eliza’s story that at least kept the dramatic
suspense going. I think a lot of it has to do with Eva’s two-dimensional personality
and St. Clare’s apathy. I felt that Tom’s story began to turn a bit wishy-washy, for lack of a better word;
although by this point, I must add, I started getting the suspicion that
something significant was going to have to happen soon.
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