Mr. Douglass Argumentative Analysis

While reading paragraph one Mr.Douglass made a very interesting analogy. He compared the nation to a river. Also giving the audience details on how to prevent such an atrocity. He explains how we still have a chance unlike the bigger nations such as Britain. In paragraph two I will speak of how the United states is a river and then in paragraph 3 I will discuss how he states we can avoid becoming a”sad tale of departed glory”. In paragraph one Mr.Douglass states a very interesting but yet compelling analogy. Speaking of how the nation is like a river and how you are able to change the course of a young river but it is more difficult to change the course of an old river. He explains how we must change our habits now because as the nation grows older the task will become difficult, the habit being racism and prejudice. The river can rise in wrath and fury causing destruction as the British have or we can be a nation that quietly and serenely fertilizes the soil. He then states “ As with rivers so with nations.”. …show more content…
How can we , as a nation ,avoid becoming a sad tale of departed glory? The audience might have asked. Mr. Douglass states we can change our habits now. While we are such a young river we do have the chance of drying up leaving nothing but a branch and a rock. This means there will be nothing left but a destroyed nation. He says as a resolution we must change now or habits will be embedded in the the sand where the great stream lays.

In conclusion Frederick Douglass explains how we must change now. He states solutions to the nation and explains how there is consolation to America being such a young nation filled with bad habits and