Douglass uses personal experiences in order to have the reader relate directly to Douglass’ life. Through these personal experiences, the reader sees many examples of pathos, from his early childhood all the way to his adulthood. The reader sees examples of this…
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In conclusion, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a very relevant document and not only expressed the common issues of slavery, but also the real life details. Frederick Douglass removes ignorance of slavery with his narrative by sharing untold stories and opening eyes. It enhanced the knowledge we have on slavery during this time period, and also provides a first person point of view of slavery from a…
Douglass starts educating his fellow slaves and planning his escape. His plan to escape is then discovered. He is put in jail and then sent back to Baltimore with the Aulds to learn a trade. Douglass becomes a caulker and is eventually allowed to hire out his own time. Douglass saves money and escapes to New York City, where he marries. The themes in this story are ignorance as a tool of slavery and knowledge as the path to freedom... The victimization of female slaves is described in great detail in the story, further encompassing the theme of domestic…
In “The Narrative of the life Frederick Douglass”(1845), Frederick Douglass expresses the struggle of a slave. After years in slavery Douglass ran for freedom to achieve a better life. Frederick Douglass portrayed an ambivalent tone as he didn’t have the power to speak what he felt. He expresses his states of mind such as excitement, loneliness and insecurity through syntax and similes.…
In Frederick Douglass's autobiography The Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave. He elegantly depicts his journey of learning to read and write in the seven years of enslavement by the Hugh family. In order to argue the effect of slavery on literacy and the importance of literacy.…
Douglass portrays the life an American slave through the imagery he uses to reach Pathos. He uses many words that can make the audience feel different ways about their view on slavery. This is revealed when he explains what really happened to slaves and why they are not working for a wage or why they are not given their liberty. To explain further, Douglass is aiming at the heart of the people in the…
In the Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, Douglass uses rhetorical devices to convey his meaning that slavery is the worst possible experience for humanity in a contemptuous tone. Douglass states, “the wretchedness of slavery, and the blessedness of freedom, were perpetually before me.” This use of antithesis in parallel structure is used to convey his meaning by contrasting the two ideas of slavery and freedom, showing how extremely awful or beautiful each is and to show the differences between them. The use of the word “wretchedness” creates a contemptuous tone in this quote. He then goes on to state that upon arriving in New York he felt “like one who had escaped a den of hungry lions.” This simile is used to show the extent of his fear when in the south, showing how slavery is the worst experience for humankind. This comparison is made using a scornful tone, shown by the dehumanizing of the South through slavery. Next, Douglass explains that during his stay in the North “[he] was afraid to speak to any one for fear of speaking to any one for fear of speaking to the wrong one, and thereby falling into the hands of money-loving kidnappers, whose business it was to lie in wait for the panting fugitive, as the ferocious beats of the forest lie in wait for their prey.” Douglass writes this long sentence for the rhetorical effect of imitating the style of a person ranting, or speaking uncontrollably due to fear to show the horror of slavery. This is written in a bitter or scornful tone through his descriptions of the fugitive kidnappers. Douglass also includes that “[he] saw in every white man an enemy and in every colored man cause for distrust.” This almost equal parallelism is used to compare the common fear Douglass had for both races. The negative outlook on both races shows Douglass’s disdainful tone. Douglass further explains his outlook when he states his motto at the time was “Trust no man!” This…
The reasoning for my poem is that it described parts of Frederick’s life in a more easier lyrical way. From top to bottom is in chronological order, the poem starts from where the book starts and ends how the book ends. The poem show an overview of who Frederick Douglass is on what he is to us. This Narrative summary poem represents who Frederick is, where he came from, and what he did. This poem will really help you understand what the book was talking about and make you think about what you just…
Douglass often makes comparisons so that readers are able to relate or imagine his situations and emotions. As soon as he arrived in New York, he felt “like one who escaped a den of hungry lions.” Most know the sensation of great relief or of a heavy weight being lifted off of their shoulders and can relate to Douglass. This forms a bond between the writer and audience, drawing them in further into the experience. Also, the comparison of the slave states to a den of hungry lions allows us to infer just how brutal and savage the south as to slaves. Douglass was happy when he stepped into the Free State, but that relief was quickly dispelled by insecurity and mild paranoia. He trusted no one, a motto he took on as a slave. The fear of being captured by slave hunters or his fellow men was like that of a prey’s with a “hideous crocodile” about to seize upon it. The scene of Douglass being cornered by other men easily pops up in our minds as we read this line in the passage. Douglass also incorporates diction into his writing. He uses strong words describing himself as a “trembling and half-famished fugitive” instead of passive words like shaking or hungry. These stronger words leave a greater impression on the reader’s mind because he or she is able envision a more powerful and evoking scene.…
With this diction, the reader can picture the pain this woman is going through. Douglass uses words the trigger our senses. For example, “screamed” and “whipped” are word that come with a sound adding emphasis to it. Imagery in any text, helps the reader have a better connection to the story. This quote uses pathos, it helps us realized how mistreated Black Americans were. This Imagery makes us have sympathy towards the women.…
In the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Frederick Douglass identifies and analyzes how knowledge can be both helpful and harmful to the readers. Knowledge is a key component in the book, whether it is positive or negative, it paves a way for Douglass’s life.…
It was Douglass’s intent to challenge his readers to understand the deeper meaning of the songs. To outsiders, the songs were “apparently incoherent”, and Douglass himself did not fully understand their meaning when he was a slave (Douglass B: 1188).…
Although Frederick Douglass was a black man that spent all of his childhood and most of his adult life a slave, he was determined to become a free man. With some obstacles along the way and some set backs he was able to achieve his goal. Douglass found that learning to read and write was his ticket to becoming a free man. He wasn’t sure how he was going to learn how to read and write, but he found ways to learn. In chapters 6, 7, and 8 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass uses a process to describe how he became educated and how he began to think about and want freedom. Douglass’ method of dividing his essay into two parts is to use a cause an effect relationship between learning to read and write and an awareness of the “wretched condition” of being a slave and his desire to become free.…
Frederick Douglass experienced the horrors of slavery and several different types of slave masters. According to Douglass, “adopted slave holders are the worst,” which is proven valid through his ownership under Thomas Auld who received him via marriage with Lucretia Auld. Thomas Auld’s most deviant and harsh trait was that he gave out very little rations of food to the slaves; thus, causing them to be constantly tormented by hunger. Another reason which contributed to Auld’s parsimonious traits is that due to the fact that he was a slave owner via marriage, he had no experience to control and handle the slaves which is why he acted in such an inconsistent manner when it came to disciplinary action. Thomas Auld later decides to attend a Methodist seminar; thus, causing him to convert to a Methodist. Douglass believed that this conversion would cause Auld to free his slaves or at the very least, make him more kind and humane. To Douglass's amazement, this actually gave support to Auld's slave holding cruelty by giving him justification from God for slavery.…