An Analysis Of Fredrick Douglass Learning To Read And Write

While reading Fredrick Douglass “Learning to Read and Write” a passage that stood out to me, was that he figured out a plan to learn how to read by making friends and turning them into to his teachers so he could expand his knowledge. A quote that I love in this passage was “This bread I used to bestow upon hungry little urchins, who, in return would give me that more valuable bread of knowledge” (Douglass,22). Which me when he gives them their bread what he gets in return is a gift also as well, which is the gift of knowledge. I was so struck about this passage is because do to his circumstances he knew that he wants to learn how to read and write and he would not give him up on himself to better expand his reading. The idea in this passage is so important to me, don’t give up on your education if you can find ways to expand it, you should do it. Fredrick Douglass was a slave and he wasn’t going to let learning how to read and write opportunity slip

With these I learned mainly how to write” (Douglass,25). This quote and passage just really stood out to me because he wanted to learn how to write and he did that by improvising his tools. He did not have a piece of paper and pen, but he finds ways to for his everyday objects to become those things. He was a true definition of finding hope through the good and bad. This idea in the passage is so important to me, because he did not give out. He knew what he wanted to learn to write and he tried his hardest to find ways to educate once again better himself. I think that so important to always find ways to excel in what you want to do. This passage reminds me of hope. He hoped he have the chance the privilege to read and write. He let him hope guide his way to bettering