They both advised me to run away to the north; that I should find friends there, and that I should be free. I pretended not to b
e interested in what they said, and treated them as if I did not understand them; for I feared they might be treacherous. White men have been known to encourage slaves to escape, and then, to get the reward, catch them and return them to their masters. … I nevertheless remembered their advice, and from that time I resolved to run away. Which of the following best describes the author’s purpose in this excerpt?
pls give brainlest words climb up my throat. metaphor. I dive into ... We are all dressed in down jackets and vests, so we collide and roll like bumper cars at the state fair. metaphor.
