The Narrative of Life is an autobiography written by Frederick Douglass. In the passage, he share with readers with his own story. In the beginning of chapter one, Douglass has share his personal point of view as analysis while education still limited among gender and the race. In narrative of life, he reveal how masters control and benefits master by deprived slave’s basic rights. In the Narrative of the life, it was written as first person, from his ambiguous of age, parentage, and cruelty of misfortune of being slavery with vivid and rich of details in context that take audiences to see, live and feel his world.
In the passage of Narrative of Life, he started with the birth of his place, and the fact of most slaves was treated unfairly compared with white. In the purpose of keeping slave ignorance was meant for maters can easily managed, and taking great advantages from slave. In his syntax, is logically and persuasive arranged. In different paragraphs, Douglass uses his own in personal story and end with the common phenomenon among the slaves in the society.
Here is the excerpt from the passage of Narrative of the life. “I received the tidings of her death with much the same emotions I should have probably felt at the death of a stranger” The passage strongly indicated that slave are deeply dehumanized and forced to detached with family in the period of time because it serves the purpose for masters who owns amd managing them as slave.
In conclusion, Frederick Douglass has raised the self-awareness as a slave as an African American of how they have been dehumanized and female slave was sexually deprived and abused by masters which serve the voice out slavery hardship and disparity. In the context of Narrative of the life, Douglass has not only faithfully exemplify his life as a journey, but also add with his background and state of mind as slavery. The purpose of it was meant for reach out and broad audiences so the society of America can be aware that slavery is a system of segregation and human should treated equally despite their colors and gender.
Maureen,
You make many insightful observations about Douglass’ autobiography here. The assignment was asking you to focus on a single quotation. You’ve include a powerful quote, but don’t say too much about it here. What does it mean to you that Douglass confesses to being relatively unaffected by the news of his mother’s death? What does that tell us?