Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: The Ev

Narrative of the life story of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave A Perspective on the Evils of Slavery The design of break geniuss backry defies the very nature of humanityity, truth, and intellect from both the hard worker and the slave owner. Throughout the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave the terrible race between ignorance and suppression is seen time and time again with every one of his owners. Douglass is fortunate in memoriseing the liberating power of noesis of which his owners are trying so diligently to conceal. With this discovery comes a new conception of just how wretched the institution of thralldom is, causing Douglass to consider the pursuit of this powerful tool. To win complicate his battle against ignorance, Douglasss pathway to enlightenment and ultimately freedom leads him to discover the many an(prenominal) other cruel methods that his suppressors use to break the essential and some important component of huma nity, the soul. The practice of turning people into slaves can near be looked at as evil science that begins its manipulations on what humanity are most familiar with from the start, physical suffering. Douglass speaks of this early on and makes cognize that it is an ever-present tool used by his suppressors. Douglass was lucky not to be whipped very often by his early masters, but mentions that he, like many other young lave children, always suffered from the hunger and cold (Lauter 1773). curiously during his early years on Colonel Lloyds plantation, his narration recalls many accounts of whipping, killing, and torture that he observed and heard of on the plantation. Sadly, he begins to notice and even acknowledge common traits possessed by his overseers. For example, one of... ...rkness (Lauter 1777). Interestingly, it is the innocent minds of children who are not totally corrupted by these ways of thinking yet, that help Douglass touch his goal to read. The heart less act and irresponsible power of holding a slave is an evil practice that contradicts the natural good of a human soul. This Narrative gives one a new perspective on the evils of slavery and the terrible way it affects every one who is involved. The ignorance and physical abuse of the slave is the essential means by which this practice survived for too long. Douglass gives us produce of this in his experiences he endured in overcoming these obstacles and makes us aware of the power that knowledge holds, of both freedom and slavery. BibliographyLauter, Paul. The Heath Anthology of American Literature Ed III., Vol I, 1998 Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.