Alexie vs Douglass Growing up, kids are given opportunities to gain knowledge when they hit a certain age to go to school. Going to school to get an education is something most, if not all parents want for their child. Every parent wants the best for their child in any way possible, to be accepted for who they are and to learn to the best of their ability like every kid their age. However, in this day and time there are many families with children that are not as privileged receiving an education. Now days going to school and learning are expected. No one seems to realize how privileged one can be to get an education, where they can learn to express who they are constructively and establish opinions.
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This is displayed as he wrote, “I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky. I read books late into the night, until I could barely keep my eyes open” (Alexie, pg.17). Alexie’s purpose was to show he can over come obstacles. Similar to Alexie, Frederick Douglass is well known for coming out on top of being a prodigy coming from a less fortunate era. Frederick Douglass came from a time where being a slave was quite common for his race in the 1800s. Like Alexie,
“education and slavery were incompatible with each other” ( Douglass pg.119).
Although in some ways Douglass and Alexie were alike when it came to learning to read and write there were many dissimilarities between how they both grew up and how they came about being the person they wanted to be. Douglass grew up a slave in 1818 as opposed to Alexie that was raised by his people on a reservation, yet both were still considered underdogs when it came to education. The seven years Douglass lived with Master Hugh’s family, he succeeded in reading and writing with the help of his mistress teaching him the alphabet. It
After looking over …show more content…
This is displayed as he wrote, “I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky. I read books late into the night, until I could barely keep my eyes open” (Alexie, pg.17). Alexie’s purpose was to show he can over come obstacles. Similar to Alexie, Frederick Douglass is well known for coming out on top of being a prodigy coming from a less fortunate era. Frederick Douglass came from a time where being a slave was quite common for his race in the 1800s. Like Alexie,
“education and slavery were incompatible with each other” ( Douglass pg.119).
Although in some ways Douglass and Alexie were alike when it came to learning to read and write there were many dissimilarities between how they both grew up and how they came about being the person they wanted to be. Douglass grew up a slave in 1818 as opposed to Alexie that was raised by his people on a reservation, yet both were still considered underdogs when it came to education. The seven years Douglass lived with Master Hugh’s family, he succeeded in reading and writing with the help of his mistress teaching him the alphabet. It