In the autobiography, “Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass,” Douglass narrates his personal experience of being a slave and what steps he took to relinquish him from slavery and become a free man. Douglass uses vivid imagery in order to really depict what was really happening under the slaveholder’s hands. Without these images, his life story would have been in vain and everything he endured to achieve his dream of freedom along with it. Douglass’ style of writing, in his autobiography, is relative to the time when he wrote it. Not only did he want to voice the inhumane treatments brought upon other slaves, but he also wanted to let them know not to lose confidence, dignity or self-worth.
In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass argues that slavery is wrong. He believes that slaves are not powerful enough to rise up and fight for their rights. However Douglass had the courage to escape from slavery and become a free man. He said, “You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.” In his narrative, he uses pathos, logos and ethos to show how slaves were mistreated and didn’t have the strength to fight for freedom. Douglass uses narration as his main rhetorical mode and keeps a serious, dignified tone throughout the novel.
A proper evaluation also needs to include positive and negative influences with their consequences in order to persuade your reader to link your view with facts. We Beat The Streets was an inspirational story that will continue to encourage people of all ages to never give up on your dreams, even if they seem to be impossible. Not only did Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt give advice, they also overcame all of the obstacles that they speak about. A personal experience makes any story more powerful!
The ability to read and write awoke something inside of him that gave him homemade education. Malcolm X was sensitive to the deafness, dumbness and blindness that were afflicting the black face in America. Books was Malcolm X life he said you never catch him without a book. Malcolm X was always studying something so he can help the next black man. Malcolm X spent the rest of his life reading books.
Clever slaves knew that if they did not try and free themselves that their social standing would always remain the same and nothing would ever change. On the other hand, they knew that if slaves fought for their freedom and expressed their thoughts, they would create more people to listen, and the more people listening draws more people to question the idea of slavery. In the end, this is why Frederick Douglass was so determined to become a free
Empathy helps us comprehend and understand another person’s feelings, so we may easily empathize Ben Franklin for his determination to succeed, Olaudah Equiano, the African man who endured many tragedies but overcame them, and Mary Rowlandson, a woman who survived trials and gained strength through them, while keeping her faith in God. Benjamin Franklin had determination to succeed above all else. As a child, he was bright, reading famous authors and tried mimicking their work. He made connections with people to not only help himself, but to also help them. Becoming more aware of the effect of people in his life, Ben moved away from people holding him back.
Simplistic in though but complex in realty all wanted was to start a new. Threw the beginning of the trip I thought to myself that Chris was a brave individual to be able to leave home. To start from scratch to know that everything is going to work out for the best in the end. Helping and inspiring people while he was searching to find himself. Everyone that helped him along the way was instrumental in him reaching his goal.
Most importantly Malcolm X advocated education to his people in every speech, debate and interview, because his entire purpose was to create “black nationalism” and the only way that could ever happen was if his people were educated and not just diploma educated but educated with the understanding of what was taught. Although many people did not agree with his tactics, people respected him because of his overall intent for the black community. Malcolm X was a great debater because he was a strong skilled speaker, he was intellectually educated and informed and he was passionate about what he preached and these are qualities of a great leader and an effective great debater. His legacy lives on even today and that is proof of how influential he
The two readings that I will be comparing and contrasting is Learning to Read and Write by Frederick Douglas and The Lonely, Good Company of Books by Richard Rodriguez. Both of the readings deal with two young men whom both had a passion to read and write. In Frederick Douglas’ essay, he explains all the difficulties he was faced with when he learned to read and write in the 1830s. In that era it was rare for African-Americans to read and write, nonetheless having the urge to learn that Douglas had. Most importantly Frederick Douglas was a slave which meant that it was against the law to have reading and writing privileges.
| The Quest for Freedom | | | Ed Beliveau | 2/2/2014 | My thoughts on the Narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglass. | Beliveau 1 Edward Beliveau Professor Gehring The American Experience Feb 2, 2014 Freedom There was much in the life of slaves that cannot be debated, like their inequality, their lack of education, and all basic personal freedoms that we all have come to rely on. In the narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglass we see how his life of constant searching for knowledge and his physical rebellion to his overseers came from his own thoughts of what manhood meant and his perception of the psychological sources of the master’s power over the slave. Douglass does a great job of showing us the inequality