In 1845, Fredrick Douglas wrote an autobiography called The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, an American Slave. The book tells the story of his life as a slave, being the son of an enslaved woman and a white man and how he finally escaped slavery in 1837. Due to the book he became a leader for an abolitionist movement and spoke and wrote many different things about the evils of slavery. He was the most respected and famous African American in the nineteenth century. Fredrick Douglass used pathos to give his audience a good insight of how being educated can give a former slave a better free life. While Fredrick Douglass was a slave he got the opportunity to learn things that were illegal for other slaves to know. His master’s wife,
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When he made them his friends he used them as teachers so they could help him learn to read. After some time, all their help paid off and Fredrick could finally read. From that point on when he went out to do errands he would carry his book with him, complete the errand as quickly as possible then sit and read his book. He would take bread and give it to the poor and in return they repaid him with the wonderful gift of knowledge. He is immensely grateful for the boys that helped him learn to read since it was unforgiveable to teach a slave anything in a Christian country. He used to tell the young boys, that he was friends with that he wished he would be free as they would be when they were grown men. His friends told him he would be free someday but Fredrick knew that he would be a slave for life. Thanks to the great friends Fredrick had, he got the opportunity to read a book that taught him many new and fascinating facts. Some of the things that he learned while reading were devastating and heart breaking. As he read more and more in The Columbian Orator, he found something that might either help him escape or change his mind …show more content…
His pen was a piece of chalk. When little master Thomas started school he was taught to write. While in school, he filled out quite a few copying books. The books were brought home and left lying around. When Mrs. Auld would leave to go to a class meeting on Monday, Fredrick would get the copying books and fill in some of the blank spots that Thomas had left. After some time doing that he learned to write very similar to Thomas. After many years and hard work he finally learned how to read and write. Since he was able to read and write, he eventually found a way to escape the horrible life he had before.
In his writing Fredrick Douglass emphasizes how being a slave is an emotional battle. He discusses how the struggle to learn to read and write could be a mistake and a blessing at the same time. At times he feels as if he should not be alive. He often thinks about escaping and trying to abolish slavery. In his writing the audience can feel the emotion and can put their self in his shoes. He uses emotion appeals to show that his experience was both positive and negative and his emotional reflections were joyful and disturbing.
Fredrick had a very difficult and emotional life. He struggled every day to be educated. He risked many things while trying to learn, one of those being his life. No matter how hard it was for him to learn he gave it his all and never gave up. Due to his perseverance and bravery,
When he made them his friends he used them as teachers so they could help him learn to read. After some time, all their help paid off and Fredrick could finally read. From that point on when he went out to do errands he would carry his book with him, complete the errand as quickly as possible then sit and read his book. He would take bread and give it to the poor and in return they repaid him with the wonderful gift of knowledge. He is immensely grateful for the boys that helped him learn to read since it was unforgiveable to teach a slave anything in a Christian country. He used to tell the young boys, that he was friends with that he wished he would be free as they would be when they were grown men. His friends told him he would be free someday but Fredrick knew that he would be a slave for life. Thanks to the great friends Fredrick had, he got the opportunity to read a book that taught him many new and fascinating facts. Some of the things that he learned while reading were devastating and heart breaking. As he read more and more in The Columbian Orator, he found something that might either help him escape or change his mind …show more content…
His pen was a piece of chalk. When little master Thomas started school he was taught to write. While in school, he filled out quite a few copying books. The books were brought home and left lying around. When Mrs. Auld would leave to go to a class meeting on Monday, Fredrick would get the copying books and fill in some of the blank spots that Thomas had left. After some time doing that he learned to write very similar to Thomas. After many years and hard work he finally learned how to read and write. Since he was able to read and write, he eventually found a way to escape the horrible life he had before.
In his writing Fredrick Douglass emphasizes how being a slave is an emotional battle. He discusses how the struggle to learn to read and write could be a mistake and a blessing at the same time. At times he feels as if he should not be alive. He often thinks about escaping and trying to abolish slavery. In his writing the audience can feel the emotion and can put their self in his shoes. He uses emotion appeals to show that his experience was both positive and negative and his emotional reflections were joyful and disturbing.
Fredrick had a very difficult and emotional life. He struggled every day to be educated. He risked many things while trying to learn, one of those being his life. No matter how hard it was for him to learn he gave it his all and never gave up. Due to his perseverance and bravery,