Examples Of Parallelism In Frederick Douglass
Slavery has been the topic forever, however Frederick Douglass has more to say about it.
Frederick Douglass wrote a narrative about his life and slavery. The title of the book is called
“Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”. In the autobiography Douglass talks about his life starting young to be a slave. During the years of slavery, Douglass main focus was the gain education. He believed that education was the main key to freedom, without education you would not have a better understanding of what slavery is and how it can be abolished. Douglass wrote this narrative to simply end slavery and anything that does not help him do that he leaves it out of his narrative. Frederick Douglass uses rhetorical devices such as parallelism, paradox, …show more content…
Douglass writes “They were frequently whipped when least deserving, and escaped whipping when most deserving it”(17). The master often treated the slaves as if they were inhumane and punished them when it was not necessary to do so. The slaves never knew when they will be whipped because the master whipped them when he felt to do so no matter what the circumstances were, good or bad. Another example of parallelism in the narrative was about the slave children. In the narrative Frederick Douglass states “The children were then called, like so many pigs, and like so many pigs, they would come and devour the mush”(30). Douglass was referring to how hungry the slave children were and once they get a
chance to eat they eat like they never ate before. This goes against the American promise because these slaves are being dehumanized and are being treated like animals instead of a typical human with freedom.
Secondly, Frederick Douglass also uses paradox to help convey his attitude …show more content…
“He would whip her to make her scream, and whip her to make her hush”(5). Douglass continues to show the mistreatment of slaves while making a contradiction. The contradiction being made is about a slave being whipped by the master which will only make the slave scream more. The whipping of slaves by the master to make her hush is contradicting to the first statement which is to make her scream. Another paradox used is “He died as he lived”(12). Douglass simply was referring to Mr.Severe and the way he lived, bitter and cruel, is also the way he died. The American Promise relates to this because it still talks about the cruel behaviors of the masters towards the slaves and as stated before it goes against the American Promise.
Lastly, Frederick Douglass uses name-calling as a way to convey his attitude about
American Promise and American Individual. Frederick Douglass states “Mr.Plummer was a drunkard, a profane swearer and a savage monster”(4). Mr.Plummer was a cruel man and as a slave master he treated the slaves horribly. Douglass also states “I have said that Master Thomas was a mean man”(53). Master Thomas was another master who treated the slaves
Frederick Douglass wrote a narrative about his life and slavery. The title of the book is called
“Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”. In the autobiography Douglass talks about his life starting young to be a slave. During the years of slavery, Douglass main focus was the gain education. He believed that education was the main key to freedom, without education you would not have a better understanding of what slavery is and how it can be abolished. Douglass wrote this narrative to simply end slavery and anything that does not help him do that he leaves it out of his narrative. Frederick Douglass uses rhetorical devices such as parallelism, paradox, …show more content…
Douglass writes “They were frequently whipped when least deserving, and escaped whipping when most deserving it”(17). The master often treated the slaves as if they were inhumane and punished them when it was not necessary to do so. The slaves never knew when they will be whipped because the master whipped them when he felt to do so no matter what the circumstances were, good or bad. Another example of parallelism in the narrative was about the slave children. In the narrative Frederick Douglass states “The children were then called, like so many pigs, and like so many pigs, they would come and devour the mush”(30). Douglass was referring to how hungry the slave children were and once they get a
chance to eat they eat like they never ate before. This goes against the American promise because these slaves are being dehumanized and are being treated like animals instead of a typical human with freedom.
Secondly, Frederick Douglass also uses paradox to help convey his attitude …show more content…
“He would whip her to make her scream, and whip her to make her hush”(5). Douglass continues to show the mistreatment of slaves while making a contradiction. The contradiction being made is about a slave being whipped by the master which will only make the slave scream more. The whipping of slaves by the master to make her hush is contradicting to the first statement which is to make her scream. Another paradox used is “He died as he lived”(12). Douglass simply was referring to Mr.Severe and the way he lived, bitter and cruel, is also the way he died. The American Promise relates to this because it still talks about the cruel behaviors of the masters towards the slaves and as stated before it goes against the American Promise.
Lastly, Frederick Douglass uses name-calling as a way to convey his attitude about
American Promise and American Individual. Frederick Douglass states “Mr.Plummer was a drunkard, a profane swearer and a savage monster”(4). Mr.Plummer was a cruel man and as a slave master he treated the slaves horribly. Douglass also states “I have said that Master Thomas was a mean man”(53). Master Thomas was another master who treated the slaves