"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher-Stowe.

Discuss the role of Eva in the novel. In what ways does she contribute to the novel's larger messages? Death - how is it possible for such a minute word to affect millions of people on a daily basis? Whether written in a book or personally experienced, death is always representative of something unexpressed in life. For every individual death, there may be a variety of interpretations, but the same must be said of every …

…the means of salvation for many other characters. All the characters and all people for that matter can aid in the redemption of others. Whose redemption was brought about by Eva? Because of Eva, St.Clare vowed to redeem himself, Topsy and Ophelia were changed, and it renewed the slaves' faith in God's salvation. Just before Little Eva's last sigh, she smiled and hailed, "O! love, joy, peace," renewing hope to all surrounding her (Stowe).