The rich leaders of this country are blinded by money and power, whereas The common people who struggle, can see clearly. This is shown in literature such as The biography of Frederick Douglas. Frederick Douglas along with the other slaves wanted to be left alone and left at peace but the powerful owners were peace less and hard on the slaves.A motto that I created to describe this is "the peaceful are powerless, because the powerful are peace less". This is why the slaves were oppressed. Along with their traditions and culture.This cauused them to go blind to their old life and old ways of living. Frederick Douglas' had yet to go blind and he kept his focus on his goals. His goals were not power, they were goals for freedom. This led him to the realization that he needed to know how to read. …show more content…
She was cruel and hateful. Just another person blinded by the affects of power. Douglas was her personal servant for years and Sophia was nothing but kind to him. But after the years went by she began to change. This change was not pretty she started coming down like the wrath of God. She became a matriarch that was nothing but cruel. Just like her husband who loved to beat slaves and cause them pain in any way. He hated slaves in many ways. This slave holders name was mr.severe, his name is a perfect description of his personality. He beat the slaves and got a jolly out of it. He was blind from the slaves pain . He was blind to it because he refused to see the truth, he was blind because of the rush he got from the power . He could control any slave and he loved it. That's why he became blind from being power hungry along with being a control freak. This caused many problems but no one would stand up to