The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, is a memoir of Frederick Douglass's life as a slave and his hope to someday be free. Written by Frederick Douglass himself, the main themes of his story, are the quest to freedom and success, and the power of the human spirit to achieve that goal. In his narrative, Douglass argues the principle of how slavery is ethically wrong, and that the time for abolition has arrirved. Due to being born a slave, Frederick Douglass did not grow up with many opportunites, but he took advantage of any possibility he had to excel in learning—hoping that someday his education will make him free. Frederick Douglass illustrates the themes of his narrative by recapping on his suffering as a slave and his attempts for freedom and escape. I enjoyed reading Frederick Douglass's memoir of his life as a slave, because it gave me detailed insight on how difficult a slaves' life truly was and proved how one can accomplish any goal if we truly set our mind to it.
Questions:
How did Douglass discover at such a young age that an education was the key to freedom?
Why did Douglass' desire to be free seem bigger than the desire of other slaves? Why did it seem like he had more hope than the other slaves?
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Douglass saw that the white boys who were free were able to read and write so he knew that he had to have some intelligence to escape from his master.
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