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Fredrick Douglas And Anne Moody's Coming Of Age

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While Fredrick Douglas in the story The Life of Fredrick Douglas and Anne Moody in the memoir Coming of Age met Harper Lee 's definition of courage, Reverend Parris in the story The Crucible does not. The first character that demonstrates courage defined by Atticus Finch is the character Fredrick Douglas. Fredrick was sent by his master to be broken spiritually and physically by Mr. Covey. Being a well mannered house slave to a field slave the next, Fredrick Douglas struggles to keep up with the procedures of being a field worker. For one whole year Fredrick was beaten and over worked, along with being put in situations he had no knowledge of. Until in August of 1833, while Fredrick was feeding the horses Mr. Covey enters the stables and loops
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