Frederick Douglass Thesis

In the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, written by Frederick Douglass, the author recounts his life as a slave and the journey that he took to free himself. In spite of the many reasons he had to give up hope, Douglass’s faith never seemed to falter. To maintain a positive outlook, he continuously experimented with different methods of escaping. Along with creating relationships with those that would would aid him in his attempt to achieve freedom. Douglass' story opens with the few things that he knows about his birth parents. His mother is a slave and his father is a slave owner. Through the duration of the book, Douglass covers the commonality of white slave owners raping their enslaved women, to fulfill their sexual needs and for an easy way to expand their

Douglass manages to provide a closer look into the ways people responded to the evils of servitude. The stories of all the abuse that Douglass saw and endured shows those who follow just how enslavement can affect those involved. With the book written from Douglass’s perspective, the reader can easily feel what it was like to be dehumanized and stripped of your dignity. The graphic components of his writing have us living it with him. His words paint a moving picture in our minds, helping us visualize it as if it is a movie. Despite his incredible writing style, he seems to have some missing aspects. When he talks about the reasons slaves are allowed holidays, he only mentions that it is for them to feel liberated through intoxication. He neglects to discuss the need for the slave owners to have a break from managing and supervising slaves. Although it is not as strenuous of a position, slave owners need a hiatus from their jobs. These small disregarded details cause some confusion to arise in me from time to time, but it did not stop me from understanding the overall