If you believe that the only way you can get revenge on someone who hurt you,is to hurt them back, you are just as low as them. You are not more powerful or more smart then they are. Fredrick Douglass is saying that whoever treats you like your nothing, is not only hurting you but also hurting them self. And when they treat you like your less, they are degrading their own life. Frederick Douglass depicts what life was like as a slave for people like Mr. Plummer and Mr. Severe. Using Ethos to grab the attention of the audience to tell his story and have them listen. Here Douglass describes what life was like being a slave for extremely cruel people like Mr. Plummer and Mr. Severe, both of whom overused the punishment of being whipped and treated
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Doing this makes the whole situation of slavery seem very real for people who have never experienced slavery, which is good because it 's bringing awareness to a topic that 's very controversial especially in these times. Douglass explains the songs that slaves song while traveling, and why they sing. "Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears"(58). Douglass is explaining why the slaves are singing and when they do it most. He also goes into what the songs mean. When the slaves sing because they want to express the pain they are experiencing and want to share their pay with others. In this next quote Douglass gives the readers more information about what a slave owner expects a slave to do, and how that feels when the rules are strongly enforced. "To all these complaints, no matter how unjust, the slave must answer never a word. Colonel Lloyd could not brook any contradiction from a slave. When he spoke, a slave must stand, listen, and tremble; and such was literally the case"(61). This quote supports my argument by showing how poorly slave owners would treat their slaves, and how that degrades the owner as well. Reading the way Colonel Lloyd treated his slaves does not make me want to respect him it lessen 's my opinion of him, him owning slaves alone makes me angry, but the way he acts like he is of higher power that he means more then slaves. Douglass depicts how someone could treat others so horrible and then expects their victims to treat them with respect. Shows how that can degrade ones value and makes them less of a person. Douglass uses Logos by using very emotional examples of the conditions that he lived in as a slave, but formatted them in a way that makes them seem more
Doing this makes the whole situation of slavery seem very real for people who have never experienced slavery, which is good because it 's bringing awareness to a topic that 's very controversial especially in these times. Douglass explains the songs that slaves song while traveling, and why they sing. "Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears"(58). Douglass is explaining why the slaves are singing and when they do it most. He also goes into what the songs mean. When the slaves sing because they want to express the pain they are experiencing and want to share their pay with others. In this next quote Douglass gives the readers more information about what a slave owner expects a slave to do, and how that feels when the rules are strongly enforced. "To all these complaints, no matter how unjust, the slave must answer never a word. Colonel Lloyd could not brook any contradiction from a slave. When he spoke, a slave must stand, listen, and tremble; and such was literally the case"(61). This quote supports my argument by showing how poorly slave owners would treat their slaves, and how that degrades the owner as well. Reading the way Colonel Lloyd treated his slaves does not make me want to respect him it lessen 's my opinion of him, him owning slaves alone makes me angry, but the way he acts like he is of higher power that he means more then slaves. Douglass depicts how someone could treat others so horrible and then expects their victims to treat them with respect. Shows how that can degrade ones value and makes them less of a person. Douglass uses Logos by using very emotional examples of the conditions that he lived in as a slave, but formatted them in a way that makes them seem more