"From better health to increased wealth, education is the catalyst of a better future for millions of children, youth and adults. No country has ever climbed the socioeconomic development ladder without steady investments in education." By Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave shows that for many people in this day and age and for slaves there is a direct correlation with education to freedom. Circe Institute defines education as the cultivation of wisdom and virtue by nourishing the soul on truth, goodness, and beauty. It should be distinguished from training (for a career), which is of eternal value but is not the same thing as education. Through this book, Douglass shows the reader that as a slave, he 's encountered masters who 've gone out their way to deny him an education. However, as Douglass continues on he finds that education is his key to freedom.
Douglass to me did not grasp the concept of education being his key to freedom until chapter 6 where Mrs. Auld taught the A, B, C 's and how to spell words of three or
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"I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason. He must be able to detect no inconsistencies in slavery; he must be made to feel that slavery is right, and he can be brought to that only when he ceases to be a man." The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, demonstration that for many there is a direct correlation between education and freedom. Through this book, Douglass shows the reader that as a slave, he 's encountered masters who 've gone out their way to deny him an education like Mr. and Mrs. Auld. Nonetheless, Douglass persistently finds the ways and means to receive this education, from giving local boys bread to