These two books would be interesting to read because you get to know the author more by knowing their personal experiences and you’d understand the story a little bit better since both books are first person narrative. You get to understand what they have been through and how difficult it was for them try to be who they are remembered for now. They contrast because Twain wrote about how badly he wanted to become a steamboat pilot while Frederick wanted to no longer be a slave. Throughout their stories they encounter problems and they always resolve them. If we get to read these books we get to know more about our past and how things were different before. Also, by reading these two books we get to understand how people in the past wanted these to be published for us to read. …show more content…
Well in these two popular books called “Twain’s Life on the Mississippi” and “Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” are both first person narrative, Frederick Douglass’s is basically describing his personal life and so is Mark Twain, Twain’s setting takes place in Mississippi and Frederick’s takes place in Massachusetts. Frederick’s book he travels and moves to different plantations to work for his new masters and meets new people, Mark sees the oceans and travels to see the world. Differences would be that Frederick was a slave and Mark was a steamboat pilot. Both of them were seeking for something they’ve always wanted and that was a dream Frederick wanted to no longer become a slave and Mark wanted to become a steamboat pilot. By reading these two books we get a better image of how our past would look like and how much it changed throughout