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The Narrative of Fredrick Douglass Themes (Slaveholding as a perversion of…
The Narrative of Fredrick Douglass Themes
Slaveholding as a perversion of Christianity
Character: Fredrick Douglass
He was the one who got to learn how to read & write
Detail
After a while of being taught, Mr Auld wanted him to stop. Reason is that it may change him making disconnected & unhappy
Tells that slaves are not allowed to read & write, reason because if they did, they will learn about whats going on around them
Event
When he was sent, Mistress Auld taught Douglass to read & write
Since Mistress Auld never had a slave, so she ended up teaching him
Ignorance as a tool of slavery
Detail
Its explains that slaves are treated differently. Making them worry about them being free
Describes the theme by making slaves think this is their life now
Event
How being a slave is like a different life than as a person not in slavery
Explains that slave life is more challenging than being free. The way of how they are treated, ect.
Quote
"It was all new to me. I had never seen anything like it before"
This quote explains that the slavemasters are showing an example of how badly a whipping can be
Slaves being compared to animals/ animal imagery
Event
Mr. Gore punishing slaves severely after disobeying him
In the book, it said that Mr. Gore is really harsh to slaves
Detail
Shows that slaves are treated like animals, like they were whipped badly, exposure, ect.
Shows that Slavemasters don't hold back whatsoever when slaves disobey. Also that slaves have no way out of it, like animals
Character: Dembly
He best describes this because he was the one who disobeyed Mr. Gore
Knowledge as the path to freedom
Event
When all of the slaves were singing various songs about being free
Them singing makes them think about what the future might hold
Detail
About how the slaves were tired of being controlled. So they sing songs to bring down stress from work, ect.
It describes the theme because the songs they are singing are about being free
Character: Fredrick Douglass
It shows that him listening to the song that the slaves were singing. It shows to him that one day, everyone will be free form slavery