Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Chapter 9
For a school assignment in English III, we had to read Chapter Nine of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. While reading this chapter we had to describe a theme we could choose from but throughout the book, mostly one theme is constant, and that is that "Slaves were treated no better than, sometimes worse than, livestock". In the beginning of this chapter, Douglass described how slaves would starve to death because thay barely got any food and/or they were extremly limited to food. Comparing this to actually livestock, the livestock were most likely, whether good or bad food, fed everyday. Slaves were treated less than a farm animal, less than livestock. They were just something to own.This makes me feel horrible inside about how terrible slaves were treated. If I lived during this time, I would make friends with the slaves and consider them as my own family. I wouldn't even call them slaves. I would celebrate their birthdays, have them live in my home, eat full meals with me at my dinner table and many more. I would make them feel very happy. I would even help other slaves escape to the north.
The author's intent in telling about this is to let the world know how badly slaves were treated and that they have any right that a white man should. they have justice, they can learn to read and write. The pattern of organization is chronological order.
