A Comparative Analysis Of The Impacts Of Frederick Douglass And Memmi

Both Douglass and Memmi convey the impact of one person or group wielding power over another. They discuss the ways in which a system of oppression can be detrimental for the opposer. Douglass explains how the position of oppressor can alter the personality and virtues of the slave owner by making them lowering their standards Douglass explains how Sophia Auld gradually realizes the power she has over him and eventually transforms from treating him like a human a believing that humans deserve respect to prohibiting him from participating in any activities that may provide i'm with knowledge of his servitude. Memmi also conveys how the oppressors in colonization face a similar type of detrimental feeling. They being to feel paranoid regarding
Frederick Douglass believes that the realization of an ultimate power over another human being changes the oppressor into someone who is power hungry . The ability to hold power over someone else produces a sense of superiority that transforms how they act and how they treat others. They feel as though they are innately better than those below them, which in the case of slavery was justified using race. The development of an innate belief that some races are merely above others was used to justify slavery and its consequences. Frederick Douglass describes how Sophia Auld cane to see him as lower due to the realization that she held so much power over him. This was display via how she could controls exposure to education and new ideas, something that could have decreased her power over him. Rather than citing power-hungriness as the cause for detrimental behavior. Memmi states that the feeling of guilt and paranoia change how colonizers act abtd cause them to be more superior. People who colonize feel as though they don't belong and are alienated from society. The creation of new rules favoring them and their claims to land do little to remedy the situation as they make the colonizers feel even more like outcasts. This is due to them changing the system and thereby being unable to use the system t justify and legitimize their actions. The action of stealing makes them feel as though their position is unjustified making them feel like an imposter. This feeling results in a greater oppression as they feel that the oppressed feel the same way and go to extreme length to justify their