Which phrase best describes Douglass's purpose for including this particular experience in the narrative of his life? to show th
e kindness of the family he was enslaved to to show the importance of education in changing his life to show that enslaved people were able to outsmart slaveholders to show that all slaveholders believed slaves shouldn't know how to read
The best phrase that describes Douglass’s purpose for including this particular experience in the narrative of his life is the second option: “to show the importance of education in changing his life”. Since the narrative of Douglass is an awe-inspiring description of his struggle and fight for freedom against the prejudiced, brutal, oppressive Southern institution of slavery, he ended up motivated to write about his difficult life as a slave.
