Priceless Instruction By Frederick Douglass Essay

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Frederick Douglass’ passage, ‘Priceless Instruction’, uses tone to emphasize the theme that learning can be a blessing and a curse, the same method used to convey a similar theme from Ayn Rand’s novella, Anthem, which elevates the readers’ understanding of the message being told from the protagonists’ point of view. The tones of Ayn Rand's novella Anthem and Frederick Douglass' excerpt from "Priceless Instruction" are portrayed through the protagonists. Anthem's tone regarding learning is elucidated through Equality's feelings towards learning; he feels dissatisfied, yet liberated from his experiences learning. Learning offers him some peace, but also torments him for not being able to express his knowledge, ultimately harming him. This becomes