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The story is really amazing; I can’t believe how Henry Louis Gates, Jr. could edit this amazing story. Also, I want to know that when he was editing it, was he crying because it’s really sad. It’s unbelievable because in my point of view I knew that slavery was cruel, but I didn’t know it was that unkind. After reading this book I learn a lot about slavery, such as how they were treated, what kind of job they had to do and etc. on the other hand, I also learn some positive things as well, for ex
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Struggle, curiosity, pain, misery, cruelty, hunger, fear, hesitation, all contributed to Frederick Douglass's creation of ambition and hope to break the chains of bondage and be free. This first hand account of human suffering and experiences was heart breaking and very insightful. Mr. Douglass managed to re-tell his life in bondage and brutal treatment by slaves sticking to a neutral point of view, leaving the readers with the right of interpretation. This empowering piece of writing reflects a
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Wow. This book was just amazing. I always knew slavery was harsh but I never really imagined it. One thing I've learned from this slave narrative was that slavery has a lot of variations, because Frederick had a few nice masters, like Mr. Freeland, who never beat him, and when he was with Mr. Freeland, he was able to teach many slaves to read and write, and taught them in a Sabbath school. Another mistress that was kind to him was Mrs. Auld, who taught him how to read, and when Mr. Auld found ou
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After I finished this story, even if I wasn't informed with the fact that he was educated, I would be able to infer that he was because of his writing. Douglass had a rough life being a slave though not the worst. I was impressed by the his ability to teach himself to read and write. I was impressed by his intelligence throughout the story. Douglass had experienced more than one master, which was normal for a slave. I found him quite rebellious after Mr. Auld said all those things about how he w
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Frederick Douglass’ life began in slavery. His mother was a slave therefore, he was born a slave and he had to work to become free. He was self taught and very intellectual for his lack of education. Aside from his ability to give speeches and tell his life story, Frederick Douglass had a rough beginning. He lived on his master's plantation in Maryland and at times in the city with his master's brother. The brother's wife started to teach him to read until her husband stopped her. By then he had
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The “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” by Frederick Douglass was very surprising to me. Ever since I was young, we always studied about him. However, I only knew he was just a famous person. Yet, I forgot what he was well known for. Now that I read this book, which enhanced my knowledge about his life during slavery, it just amazed me on so many different aspects. One specific thing I would like to talk about is his education level. I couldn’t believe that his master did not let his
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Frederick Douglass' narrative was a good one. To me, it was rather mediocre because his story is so stereotypical of the life of a slave. It definitely was moving and touching; it touched upon equality, justice, and hope amongst many themes. However, I felt like I have heard the tale already, and there haven't been moments when I was completely enthralled with the plot. Most of the time I anticipated what would happen and I usually guessed right..
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Frederick Douglass’s slave narrative was a very moving text to read. The themes that were present in this novel were pain, fear and external struggle. When reading this text it was like experiencing cruel human bondage on a firsthand account. The reason for this being was his way with words. His writing reflected a heart retching experience of the life of a man escaping from this bondage. This novel taught me ignorance is not always someone bliss and you have to have self motivation to get ahead
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Frederick Douglass was a slave back in the 1800’s, his family was very and he endured a series of unfortunate events throughout his life like the death of his mother at an early age. He often witnessed his fellow slave friends being treated brutally. At a certain age he moved to a different house hold in which he met Ms.Auld, the mistress, who was both kind and cruel. He learned how to read and write from Ms.Auld and later he eventually became a free man who was a strong speaker, abolitionist le
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so far the book has been very pleasing. what i mean by this is that there have things dicribed my Fredrick Douglass that have made me felt as if i was there seeing this.I hope that i enjoy the rest of this book as much as i have enjoyed the first couple of chapters.
I was suprised when I was assigned this book to read in the 7th grade because I never knew that Frederick Douglass wrote a book about himself. After reading this book I learned a lot more about him. Also about how he had a "crazy" side to him. I would reccommend this book to readers that would like to learn about Frederick Douglass.
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