Throughout the years of our history humans have evolved and grown as one. We have fought together, we have celebrated together, and we have reconciled together and even came together as a whole to bring peace throughout the world. There are some people who There are also the people who think that everything happens for a reason, and of course there are people who believe that there is no such thing as change. Frederick Douglass was man who bears no shame in who he was. Throughout the writing of his life experiences during the 1800’s, in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Frederick showed great emotional, ethical, moral and logical composition. Throughout showing these characteristics Douglass makes a very clear …show more content…
“By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs… I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday” (Douglass 19). This is a statement that really pulls at the heart of one who is privileged to know of dates and time. The feelings that can be aroused are sympathy and anger. How one man can go on not knowing the day of his existence or days of the week for that matter is enough to enrage anyone. “The children unable to work in the field had neither shoes, stockings, jackets, nor trousers, given to them; their clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts per year” (Douglass 26). How inhumane it is to detain those, who aren’t strong enough to fight back, of the simplest of necessities. The parts where Frederick Douglass makes the reader have an emotional connection are the parts when the situation is relatable. Where the audience can relate to what is happening in the book and get their minds brewing of the possibilities of a life without that concept, a life that Frederick had to live for a while. With this strategy Douglass helps the reader to build sympathy and develop a sense of injustice morality in which shows how evil the hardships of slavery really …show more content…
He understands the concept of how to show how unjust slavery really is. “That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery, soon became red with rage; that voice, made al of sweet accord, changed to one of harsh and horrid discord; and that angelic face gave place to that of a demon” (Douglass 48). This quote shown is an example of analogy. The quote suggests that slavery is evil and is the sign of the devil himself. Evil is usually compared with hell or Satan and here he makes an allusion to the religious ideas of the church. Saying that evil is strong enough to conquer anyone’s soul, even the nicest ones. “If any one thing in my experience, more than another, served to deepen my conviction of the infernal character of slavery, and to fill me with unutterable loathing of slaveholders, it was their base ingratitude to my poor old grandmother” (Douglass 60). This quote suggests a more important meaning and expert opinion on the idea of slavery. Fredrick is saying that slavery is so unjust that even if the most caring slave, the one who takes care of the children, the one who takes care of the sick, the one who is “closest” to the family is still considered just as equal as a field worker who has no connection. After 50 or more years spent helping a family or devoting their life for it, a slave will always be a slave and nothing more. This idea is just wicked and is non explainable. It