Injustice often cause growth of anger and rage within the oppressed and by learning to cope with these injustices authors such as Zora Hurston, Frederick Douglas and Brent Staples were able to discover ways to overcome misery caused by the unfair treatments they received. Hurston looked beyond racial identification and realized the importance of personal character, Douglass overcame obstacle that prevented him from learning to read and write in order to escape the life of being an ignorant slave. While staples attempts to change the public’s perception of him by whistling classical musical note on the street so people would not think he is not dangerous.
Despite the presence of strong racial discrimination in the twentieth century Zora Hurston grew up in Eatonville an all-black town. As a young girl Hurston did not acknowledge race as a barrier that distinguishes her from the white people. She would often speak to northerners that passed her town and they replied to her. She was not exposed to the hurtful racial …show more content…
But this misfortune did not stop his passion for learning to read and write. He was first taught the alphabet by his mistress but after his master found out about this he instructed his mistress to stop immediately. His mistress not only stopped teaching him but also made it really difficult for Douglas to learn. In his essay “learning to read and write” he described how the ugliness of slavery changed his mistress from a loving and caring women to a women with a stone heart and “one of tiger-like fierceness” (Douglass 119) In the face of obstacles, Douglas decide to take his future into his own hands and refuse to allow them to stop him from achieving his goal of freedom. He used his wisdom to earn knowledge from poor white children, ship-yard labels, and even his young master’s copy book. After a long journey of struggles Douglass was able to learn how to read and
Despite the presence of strong racial discrimination in the twentieth century Zora Hurston grew up in Eatonville an all-black town. As a young girl Hurston did not acknowledge race as a barrier that distinguishes her from the white people. She would often speak to northerners that passed her town and they replied to her. She was not exposed to the hurtful racial …show more content…
But this misfortune did not stop his passion for learning to read and write. He was first taught the alphabet by his mistress but after his master found out about this he instructed his mistress to stop immediately. His mistress not only stopped teaching him but also made it really difficult for Douglas to learn. In his essay “learning to read and write” he described how the ugliness of slavery changed his mistress from a loving and caring women to a women with a stone heart and “one of tiger-like fierceness” (Douglass 119) In the face of obstacles, Douglas decide to take his future into his own hands and refuse to allow them to stop him from achieving his goal of freedom. He used his wisdom to earn knowledge from poor white children, ship-yard labels, and even his young master’s copy book. After a long journey of struggles Douglass was able to learn how to read and