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Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass Rhetorical Analysis

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The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, is going to be one of my all-time favorite literatures to read. It show us the horror of slavery and most importantly it shows the people of his time, a vivid and very moving account of the gruesome nature of antebellum slavery while highlighting the courage of one man struggle affect it had and the weight of injustice carries. I knew who Mr. Douglass was, and I had a very limited view of his life. But his narrative speaks so much volume. You can see from the very start of his narrative, Mr. Douglass uses an authoritative tone of voice while also giving us a logical analysis of every account of slavery he had from his earliest memories from childhood until the time he finally escape from slavery, or that of the one of others slaves he choose to tell. It is literately impossible for anyone of any race to read and fully comprehend Mr. Douglass interpretation of slavery without having an emotional out pull because of the sickening horror of slavery he brilliantly …show more content…

Douglass narrative. The second change or turning point in Mr. Douglass life, was when Mr. Douglass as enterprising as he was found many jobs to make a living. Some of those jobs was a day labor man in brass foundry and also unloading ships. It doing this town Mr. Douglass attended an anti-slavery meeting in Nantucket. This was when he met and became friends with two well-known abolitionist, a Mr. Collins and William Lloyd Garrison. According to Mr. Douglass meeting these two men was one of the most important turning point in his life. Mr. Douglass was invited be a paid lecturer for three months, but because he was so well accepted and popular as a speaker that three months became four years. Fortunately for Mr. Douglass his speeches was so successful in a way, that he decided to put the speeches about his life into writing, leading to what we are reading today in his

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