The quote of Theodore Roethke is related to the book of "Federick Douglas Life" “In a dark time, the eye begins to see,..." connects with the Federick Douglas Life because when Federick was a slave he was been dehumanized and all that he wanted to do was to be free, to live like other people that wasn't slaves. With all the things that were happening to Federck, he always had the hope that one day he was going to be free. The quote “In a dark time, the eye begins to see,..." is saying that when people are passing through bad moments in their life, its going to be a time that you going to open your eyes and you'r going to see the reality.
This quote is also related with the book "Next Step" in this book they was talking about a man who wanted to let other people know how was he's life when he was a tennager so tennage from now dont make the same mistakes as him. He was a very bad tennage who like to do badnesses and was related with drogs and friends that was giving him bad influence but at the final moment when he almost die and he was seeing the end of hes live he dicided to change he's life by oppening a center that he can help other people and childrens.
This quote is also related with the book "Next Step" in this book they was talking about a man who wanted to let other people know how was he's life when he was a tennager so tennage from now dont make the same mistakes as him. He was a very bad tennage who like to do badnesses and was related with drogs and friends that was giving him bad influence but at the final moment when he almost die and he was seeing the end of hes live he dicided to change he's life by oppening a center that he can help other people and childrens.