Uprising Of Demoralization Analysis

An Uprising of Demoralization
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe” (Frederick Douglass). As a child born into slavery, Frederick Douglass records his experience in slavery and the escape from bondage in the book, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. According to Douglass, a man could not seek out happiness by seizing anothers. He fully believed that as a white slaveholder, one could not remain at peace with himself if he continued to create a living hell for another being, thus creating a never-ending process of hate, fury, surrenderence,
To begin, Mr. Frederick takes much attention to note the fact of Thomas’ character development throughout his life and describes it as such using different aspects of figurative language. Douglass grew up a slave alongside his master’s son, Thomas. He was quite often referred to as Captain Auld. Douglass mentions countless times that the way that Captain Auld operates is something that the man demonstrates so naturally. “His airs, words, and actions, were the airs, words, and actions of born slaveholders, and being assumed, were awkward enough” (Douglass 32). This is quite ironic however because Thomas wasn’t born into a slaveholding residence. In fact, Captain Auld gained ownership of
He debates the economical and moral standpoint of slavery and the values that the individual brings to the table along with them. Through the writing technique of ethos, Douglass presents evidence that advocates for the voices behind the men, women, and children, held in oppression’s fastened grip. Many slaveholders were white Christians and often used their religion as a support and standing for the actions, quoting the many stories in the Old Testament of godly men who owned slaves themselves. When Captain Auld attends a camp meeting over the summer, he returns claiming that he has found religion. This gives Douglass hope of that a kinder man will stand before him, however, his aspirations were cut off when Thomas returns. Douglass compares the self-seeking man to the newly found version of him by saying “Prior t his conversion, he [Thomas Auld] relied upon his own depravity to shield and sustain him in his savage barbarity; but after his conversion, he found religious sanction and support for his slaveholding cruelty” (Douglass 32). This statement itself shows the facetious motives of the south and the hypocrisy that they bore so proudly. It debates the social and spiritual standing of the values and principles that these men and women held so dear. Douglass later gives an account of the unjust actions of his master, he states, “I had lived with him [Captain