All writers, no matter who they are must consider how they are going to relate the information to the reader effectively. Fredrick Douglass relates the facts of a slave’s typical life by sharing his own experiences. He chronicles his life being passed around from person, to family, to plantation, and back again, chronologically, like an old paper bag that nobody wants. Exposing his own experiences and hardships makes you feel pity for the man. Consequently, by confiding his personal experiences with the reader he composes his narrative in the first person. Telling the story in a succession of “I’s,” “my’s,” and “me’s” gives the story a sense of closeness with Douglass. Adding first person narrative, along with personal background adds to the
