Marks to Learn Throughout one’s childhood, children learn the alphabet, letters, asking and answering questions, and then apply these skills in reading and writing. This process is the same way how Douglass learned how to read and write because he applied these skills for him to be able to get an education during slavery. In “How to Mark a Book,” Mortimer Adler suggests to readers to make the most out of marking in books. In “Learning to Read and Write,” Frederick Douglass gives a descriptive account on how he was able to learn to read and write as he was growing up as a slave. He also gives an account of the challenges that he had to deal with in slavery. These articles are alike because they list strategies in marking in books while reading,
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In “How to Mark a Book,” Mortimer Adler explains how active reading and marking in books can help you understand what you have read. Mortimer Adler states, “If, when you’re finished reading a book, the pages are filled with your notes, you know that you read actively” (32). As he was growing up as a slave, Frederick Douglass used similar strategies in marking in books, such as copying-down words and letters which helped him learn to read and write. Even though, it was illegal for a slave to be allowed to get an education, Frederick Douglass defeated the odds and was able to develop ways to read and write on his own. When his mistress left to go to meetings, Douglass was left in charge to take care of the house; so he spent the time writing in Master Thomas’s son’s …show more content…
Frederick Douglass read speeches by Sheridan in the “Colombian Orator” and the more that Douglass read these it made him more frustrated with his enslavers. He believed that his master was right about him not being allowed to get an education because he would be declared unfit to be a slave. This speech brought on the idea of condemnation of slavery and evidence of human rights. Reading these documents allowed Douglass to complete his thoughts and to meet the arguments brought forward to sustain slavery. He also realized that learning to read became a curse rather than a blessing because he realizes that as a slave he can not do anything about slavery until he escapes to freedom. Adler states that “reading a book should be a conversation between the reader and the author”
In “How to Mark a Book,” Mortimer Adler explains how active reading and marking in books can help you understand what you have read. Mortimer Adler states, “If, when you’re finished reading a book, the pages are filled with your notes, you know that you read actively” (32). As he was growing up as a slave, Frederick Douglass used similar strategies in marking in books, such as copying-down words and letters which helped him learn to read and write. Even though, it was illegal for a slave to be allowed to get an education, Frederick Douglass defeated the odds and was able to develop ways to read and write on his own. When his mistress left to go to meetings, Douglass was left in charge to take care of the house; so he spent the time writing in Master Thomas’s son’s …show more content…
Frederick Douglass read speeches by Sheridan in the “Colombian Orator” and the more that Douglass read these it made him more frustrated with his enslavers. He believed that his master was right about him not being allowed to get an education because he would be declared unfit to be a slave. This speech brought on the idea of condemnation of slavery and evidence of human rights. Reading these documents allowed Douglass to complete his thoughts and to meet the arguments brought forward to sustain slavery. He also realized that learning to read became a curse rather than a blessing because he realizes that as a slave he can not do anything about slavery until he escapes to freedom. Adler states that “reading a book should be a conversation between the reader and the author”