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    Different Worlds Same Struggle Sherman Alexie and Frederick Douglass both grew up in different time periods‚ in different environments‚ and ultimately in different worlds. They both faced different struggles and had different successes‚ but in the end they weren’t really all that different. Although they grew up in different times they both had the same views on the importance of an education. They both saw education as freedom and as a sense of self-worth and though they achieved their education

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    point of acceptance because we’ve learned from the mistakes of the generations that came before us. When the famous Abolitionist and former slave‚ Frederick Douglass‚ was alive people weren’t so accepting. After Douglass was able to escape the hostile chains of slavery he went on to write an autobiography called Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. This novel’s purpose was to create an argument to help with the abolishment of slavery through the dehumanization of slaves‚ the lack of loyalty

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    The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ An American Slave Slavery is an evil institution that‚ once established‚ robs not only the humanity of the enslaved‚ but also the morality of the slaveholder. It deprives the slave’s natural desire for knowledge‚ and hypocritically denies a man of his God given right to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness‚ stated in the Declaration of Independence for the very country that enslaves him. Douglass uses specific examples‚ in the case of Hugh

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    Frederick Douglass had to overcome major obstacles for his education. In my life I have had to overcome anxiety which was hindering my educational experience. I first truly experienced anxiety at the end of sixth grade. Fear would overwhelm me so much that I could not concentrate. Irrational thoughts would just replay over and over again in my head‚ until it distracted me from my real surroundings. I would even get stomach pains and headaches from the nervousness. Eventually‚ I was diagnosed with

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    In The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass there are many connections that can be made however my person connection involves a leader however he did not command respect as many other leaders would do. To be as vague as possible this person was a group leader of a sort. They would lead us through many situations teaching us what to do in them and improving how we do them. This person was a gymnastics coach who taught me everything I knew about gymnastics at the time. Although I am no longer

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    their minds opened up to the world around them revealing how cruel it really was. Some of the people that opened up their eyes to real world were: Frederick Douglass‚ Malcolm X‚ And Sandra Cisneros‚ of which‚ wrote about all of their painful experiences of before they learned to be literate and also after in their own autobiographies. Frederick Douglass‚ a former slave‚ lived during the time where slavery was allowed but yet figured out to read and write in many ingenious different ways. Malcolm

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    majority of countries started abolishing slavery in the late 19th century‚ a majority of abolitionists believed their job was done; however‚ slavery continued in the dark corners of the world. In Frederick Douglass’s narrative‚ Douglass argues against slavery by telling his experience as a slave. Douglass’ claim that slavery is both cruel and immoral was acutely accurate in his time‚ and his views are still just as valid concerning modern day slavery. By killing Demby without hesitation‚ Mr. Gore

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    Frederick Douglass was a slave who‚ through luck and intelligence‚ was able to escape horrid conditions in Maryland. In his book‚ Douglass details his life as he grows up and learns to read and write. With this education‚ he becomes knowledgeable about slavery and is eventually inspired to escape. In the excerpt from his autobiography‚ “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚” Douglass uses diction‚ comparisons‚ and repetition in order to thoroughly convey his initial excitement of escaping

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    for abolitionists and their cause. Writers such as Frederick Douglass wrote The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass that described the horrors of slavery and helped with achieving the greater cause of fully abolishing it. Douglass resolves to run away from one of his white slave owners. He recalls “In coming to a fixed determination to run away‚ we did more than Patrick Henry‚ when he resolved upon liberty or death” (Chap. 10). Douglass would prefer death than the bondage of slavery. But

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    both have unique perspective in their poems “The Explorer” and “Frederick Douglass”‚ in Brooks poem she more focuses on there is no safe place to ever be found‚ in Hayden’s piece‚ the central theme is that there will be change in the future‚ with those differences there is a similarity‚ they both say

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