This site has some great information about Douglass' life. It gives a simple yet significant background about him and his experiences. It also has a link for related articles which talk about his autobiographies and more background about him in general.
http://www.online-literature.com/frederick_douglass/
Once again, i cannot seem to find how to post on this blog. I definitely have to take computer classes. Anyways, here is my post for this week :
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter X, the reader can really feel the difference between Douglass the writer and Douglass the slave as he or she reads. Douglass' discourse and narrative is different throughout the book : when he writes about his life as a slave, he writes as if he was writing in the moment whereas after his enlightenment about education his writing changes and becomes more mature. But more importantly, he starts giving dates and places, things he was not able to do earlier especially when he writes that he doesn't know his exact date of birth or father.
So his enlightenment itself is a turning point in his life, but it can also be seen in his writing.
He differentiates his slave-self and writer-self in his writing and distances himself from the uneducated and illiterate slave to prove his point : where you come from has no importance and slavery is not a natural state of being.