When she is not utilizing dialogue, she uses vivid descriptions to make even minor characters jump from the page. Later she writes, "Great, tall, raw-boned Kentuckians, attired in hunting-shirts, and trailing their loose joints over a vast extent of territory" (Stowe 124). The rough men become real as they gather around the firelight, and that is because of Stowe's skill with characterization and description. Stowe's depiction and dialogue is vital to the book and the depth of the plot, and is one of the elements combined to create fine writing. Stowe's reasons for writing this novel are abundantly clear. She was an ardent abolitionist and had witnessed great misery in the black community. She felt an immense need to bring it to the public and show them just a few of the cruelties and humiliation slaves endured. Newspapers and books were the only real media of the day to reach the people, and so, Stowe composed a book to make her own feelings on slavery apparent to the world.

There is another very compelling element of Stowe's work that indicates the validity and craft of her writing. This book...

It is a literature classic - still studied, criticized, and experienced. Millions of books have been published in the years since this book came out, and yet, it is still used as a classic example of black suffering and mistreatment by neglectful and cruel masters. If the writing was simply second-rate or commonplace, the book certainly would have sunk into mediocrity, but it has not. Stowe's work may not be perfect, and it does often reflect the flowery and romantic language of the times. It does use some stereotypes, particularly in the evil characters, who seem abundantly and even perfectly evil. However, the book contains a powerful and undeniable message about human nature, society, and suffering. It occurs, and it takes a fine writer to be able to bring this suffering to the public's eye, and keep it there for over 150 years.
References

Diller, Christopher. "Sentimental Types and Social Reform in Uncle Tom's Cabin." Studies in American Fiction 32.1 (2004): 21+.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. New…