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    <title>Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Through his actions and ideas brought out in his Autobiography, I would...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Through his actions and ideas brought out in his Autobiography, I would say that Douglass defines freedom as "positive liberty", the ability to be an active agent of his own destiny.  Throughout the work, I think we see Douglass seeking to utilize his freedom in a manner that enhances his autonomy.  This desire for control of self leads to his desire to seek a life outside of slavery and define freedom in this "positive" manner.  I think...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[As a slave who became educated and free, Fredrick Douglass was a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As a slave who became educated and free, Fredrick Douglass was a renowned speaker who once stated that he did not even own his own head because there was a price on it (Race to Freedom, DVD).  His conflicts with himself resulted in a wondering of "Why me" in two senses.  Throughout the book, he wondered why he was born a slave and at other times he wonders why he was one of the few who could escape slavery.  Douglass was no different than...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What kinds of conflicts did Frederick Douglass face?
 
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        <description><![CDATA[What kinds of conflicts did Frederick Douglass face?
 
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        <title><![CDATA[New Bedford is far more wealthy and refined than Frederick Douglass had...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[New Bedford is far more wealthy and refined than Frederick Douglass had imagined, and he is astonished to discover that many of the "colored people" who lived there have "finer houses, and...(enjoy) more of the comforts of life, than the average of slaveholders in Maryland".
From having lived in the South all his life, Frederick Douglass had developed the misconception that rich people owned slaves, and that those who did not could not afford...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 14:43:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why is Douglass surprised by New Bedford in Narrative of the Life of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why is Douglass surprised by New Bedford in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 18:59:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the novel, Frederick Douglass is of course the protagonist.  An...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the novel, Frederick Douglass is of course the protagonist.  An argument that Mr. Covey is his primary antagonist can be made.  While all the slaveholders and the overseers are represented as corrupt, cruel, and evil, Douglass manages to deal with all of them in his own way.  Covey is another matter, however.  Douglass has not lead a charmed life by any stretch of the imagination, but it is when he is sent to stay with Mr. Covey that he...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 17:45:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Chapter Six, Douglass is staying with the Aulds.  Sophia Auld,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Chapter Six, Douglass is staying with the Aulds.  Sophia Auld, initially a kind woman, starts to teach him how to read.  Mr. Auld stops the lessons as soon as he realizes what is going on.  He says that teaching a slave to read would spoil the slave (he doesn't use those exact words...).
Douglass realizes that since Mr. Auld doesn't want him to learn to read, he determines to do so.  He finds school copy-books and secretly traces the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 17:23:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Some of his childhood experiences included:
1. Being separated from his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some of his childhood experiences included:
1. Being separated from his mother.  He has vague memories of her visiting him, but when he hears news of her death, he states that "he greeted it as if hearing news of the death of a stranger."
2. He first witnesses the violence of slavery when he witnesses his Aunt Hester being savagely beaten by Mr. Plummer.  Hester had been visiting another slave, and Plummer was sexually jealous of her being...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 17:09:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what was some of frederick douglass childhood experiences?
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        <description><![CDATA[what was some of frederick douglass childhood experiences?
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        <pubDate>Tue, 5 May 2009 07:11:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the story, what characters are the protagonists and the antagonists?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the story, what characters are the protagonists and the antagonists?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:16:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Frederick Douglass rebuke the romantic image of slavery?
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        <description><![CDATA[How does Frederick Douglass rebuke the romantic image of slavery?
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:32:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What connections between education and freedom does Douglass make?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What connections between education and freedom does Douglass make?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:41:57 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What figurative language does Douglass use in his book Narrative of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What figurative language does Douglass use in his book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave that shows a deeper meaning?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Frederick Douglass outlines the truth clearly and logically. He shows...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Frederick Douglass outlines the truth clearly and logically. He shows his readers that black people are intelligent and worthy humans, and depicts the terrible experiences of slaves in his writing. Many people in the North were uneducated about the real truth of slavery, and his work educated his audience about exactly what sort of horrible things were going on. He was also an excellent writer and speaker, and his work is very readable and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:15:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When Frederick was a baby, he was separated from his mother and sold to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When Frederick was a baby, he was separated from his mother and sold to a different plantation, so his memories of her consist of the times she was able to walk for 12 miles to come visit him for a short time at night. At the plantation where he is a slave, he witnesses many cruelties, one of them being an especially cruel overseer tying up his aunt and whipping her. The slaves have to be very careful about what they say or do, because they...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:09:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What was life like for Frederick Douglass as a young American slave boy...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What was life like for Frederick Douglass as a young American slave boy in Maryland?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, what do the conflicts...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, what do the conflicts between Douglass and Covey reveal about slavery's effects on slaves and masters?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass", how does Frederick...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass", how does Frederick Douglass's writing make his audience feel about slavery?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:24:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What would you say freedom means to Frederick Douglass?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What would you say freedom means to Frederick Douglass?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:19:57 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This statement is ironic because reading is usually thought to be a good...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This statement is ironic because reading is usually thought to be a good thing, something everyone should be able to do in order to gain knowledge and power. However, in this “Christian” society, the white man realized that is was not to their benefit to teach slaves to read. Reading gave slaves the tool to think and reason, leading to the questioning of slavery. On the other hand, from the slaves view, this skill in the hands of a slave...]]></description>
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