Great Works of Literature II

After living in the city Frederick Douglass experienced how it felt like to learn how to read and write just like the Whites. He started to think about his future and how he doesn’t want to be a slave all his life, the thing that Mr. Auld was afraid of might come true where he said “If you give a nigger an inch, he will take an ell”(393). After having knowledge Frederick Douglass began to have his own opinion and started to fight back against his master just like when he is working for Mr. Covey. After fighting back against his master Frederick Douglass was never whipped again, and that might gave Frederick Douglas the courage to come up with the thought of running away since he is fighting back now he might as well risk his life and take a bet to see if he can run to the North.

Mr. Covey’s way of making wealth is the same as Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” because in Swift’s proposal it was about hiring women to have babies and sell them at a price for others to eat. And what Mr. Covey did was the same thing where he bought a black women and hired a black man so that they can help him gain money. At this point I think that the Blacks were not only treated as slaves to do labor but they were treated like animals where they were just bought for breeding so that the slave owners can sell there babies for profit. Another odd point was when Frederick Douglas mentioned slave owners that are religious are more cruel since they use excuses to whip their slaves, but it seemed odd since most people use religion to hope for peace or wealth but the slave owners are using it to torture others.