After examining how Douglass endured his slave life under the cruelty of his masters, I can make a connection to claim that people are enslaved by their own subconsciousness as a modern example of slavery. One example can be the sense of avoiding dangers. If someone told a person to walk off a cliff, it is obvious that the person will reject the command. Why is it? It is not the consciousness that reacts; it is the subconsciousness that signals him to stop. The reason behind this idea is: the subconsciousness tells the person that if he continues to walk, he will result in death. People learned from a variety of ways knowing that they cannot survive after falling a cliff, or at least have an infinitesimal chance of survival. This idea has been