In many texts, as well as our real lives, a key theme is overcoming obstacles in order to achieve our dreams. In “Frederick Douglass” and “The Underground Railroad”, this key theme was in place. While these two texts both have a central idea of overcoming slavery to achieve the dream of freedom, the two shared differences in their author’s purpose, in effect causing them to have contrasting supporting details.
Although "Frederick Douglass" and "The Underground Railroad" shared similarities in the way that their central ideas were both about overcoming obstacles to fight for their dream, there were some major differences within the plot of the two texts that made their central ideas differ. In "The Underground Railroad", those …show more content…
However, when looking deeper into the texts, this author’s purpose was shown in two different ways that actually made the purpose of one completely different than it appears on the surface. It’s easy to mistake the whole author’s purpose of “Frederick Douglass” as an informative story about slavery. While this is an important theme the author attempted to show, one can see that this text was intended as a personal narrative to show an influential man’s past and his great achievements. For example, the author states “Douglass achieved many great things after overcoming slavery and oppression.” After analyzing this quote, one can see that this detail shows Douglass’s personal journey as if it was a personal narrative, rather than a historical event about slavery like the author of “The Underground Railroad” portrayed. Unlike the author of “Frederick Douglass”, the author of “The Underground Railroad” stuck to historical facts that helped to inform the reader of this secret network that revolutionized slavery. The author of the latter writes “The Underground Railroad was formed in the early nineteenth century.” Although this quote may seem insignificant to the author’s purpose, it actually shows us what the author intended with this text. With facts …show more content…
In “Frederick Douglass”, the author used personal facts that showed the reader the kind of person Douglass is, as the author’s purpose is to inform the reader of a personal narrative. The author shares “His best-known work is his autobiography: Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, an American Slave (1845).” This type of supporting detail about a person would be completely out of place in “The Underground Railroad” due to its reliance on historical facts to continue its story, such as “Following the Union victory in the United States Civil War, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, legally outlawing slavery.” Unlike "Frederick Douglass", this text used facts that informed the reader of actual history, such as the Civil WWar, to support their purpose.
Although the two texts share a central idea o overcoming slavery, when they are deeply analyzed, it is clear that this is one of few major similarities they have. With the author of "Frederick Douglass" sharing a personal narrative and the author of "The Underground Railroad" sharing a historical event, the author's purposes did not coincide. Since the authors were attempting to portray different informative writing pieces, it would make sense that the two additionally do not have similar supporting
Although "Frederick Douglass" and "The Underground Railroad" shared similarities in the way that their central ideas were both about overcoming obstacles to fight for their dream, there were some major differences within the plot of the two texts that made their central ideas differ. In "The Underground Railroad", those …show more content…
However, when looking deeper into the texts, this author’s purpose was shown in two different ways that actually made the purpose of one completely different than it appears on the surface. It’s easy to mistake the whole author’s purpose of “Frederick Douglass” as an informative story about slavery. While this is an important theme the author attempted to show, one can see that this text was intended as a personal narrative to show an influential man’s past and his great achievements. For example, the author states “Douglass achieved many great things after overcoming slavery and oppression.” After analyzing this quote, one can see that this detail shows Douglass’s personal journey as if it was a personal narrative, rather than a historical event about slavery like the author of “The Underground Railroad” portrayed. Unlike the author of “Frederick Douglass”, the author of “The Underground Railroad” stuck to historical facts that helped to inform the reader of this secret network that revolutionized slavery. The author of the latter writes “The Underground Railroad was formed in the early nineteenth century.” Although this quote may seem insignificant to the author’s purpose, it actually shows us what the author intended with this text. With facts …show more content…
In “Frederick Douglass”, the author used personal facts that showed the reader the kind of person Douglass is, as the author’s purpose is to inform the reader of a personal narrative. The author shares “His best-known work is his autobiography: Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, an American Slave (1845).” This type of supporting detail about a person would be completely out of place in “The Underground Railroad” due to its reliance on historical facts to continue its story, such as “Following the Union victory in the United States Civil War, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, legally outlawing slavery.” Unlike "Frederick Douglass", this text used facts that informed the reader of actual history, such as the Civil WWar, to support their purpose.
Although the two texts share a central idea o overcoming slavery, when they are deeply analyzed, it is clear that this is one of few major similarities they have. With the author of "Frederick Douglass" sharing a personal narrative and the author of "The Underground Railroad" sharing a historical event, the author's purposes did not coincide. Since the authors were attempting to portray different informative writing pieces, it would make sense that the two additionally do not have similar supporting