Literacy In Frederick Douglass: The Importance Of Education

Importance of literacy
Today people are required to be literate to improve our community, our economy, and individual lives.People define literacy as one of the most important aspects in their life.Literacy known as as ability to read and write.Literacy is fundamental for learning in school faculties. It has an impact on an individual 's ability to participate in society and to understand important public issues and it provides the foundation upon which skills needed in the labour market are built. A highly literate population will be better able to deal with issues of governance in a highly varied society.The most important thing is that you can not be literate without passion.For people whom literacy is not valued, passion is a big factor …show more content…
For example, Frederick Douglass achieved literacy through the use of the methods which are not ordinary today. He absorbed many books and methodically copied letters and words to improve their reading and writing skills. Douglass used original ways to obtain literacy and nurtured their intellectual strength. Douglass’s main purpose in almost all of his narrative was to inform his audience about the truth of slavery and then to persuade them that such an awful institution should be abolished. The first part of his purpose Douglass achieves by simply narrating his life circumstances and experiences as a slave. Douglass persuades his audience to reject and abolish slavery mostly through development of two themes in his narrative. The first is the theme of inequality. Douglass goes into great detail to show the reader that slaves are treated as livestock and property and that they have no rights. Frederick Douglass knew that education was his best chance to escape from his current situation. However, one thing that Douglass did not realize before educating himself was the awareness of injustice towards African-Americans during that