Frederick Douglass Literary Analysis

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Robert Downey, Junior once said “ I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun , it’s a verb.” The word hero is based on only a person’s definition. A hero’s definition depends on how the world sees fit. Heros do everything in their power and fight for something they believe in and fight for something worthwhile, persevere, and do not rely on physical strength, but mental strength. Heroes fight for something they believe in. For example, in the poem Frederick Douglass by Robert Hayden, the author states “...this man, this Douglass, this former slave, this Negro beaten to his knees, exiled, visioning a world where none is lonely, none hunted, alien…”(SB page put number). The poem is saying how Frederick Douglass went through