Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. I had two sisters and one brother, that lived in the same hou
se with me; but the early separation of us from our mother had well nigh blotted the fact of our relationship from our memories. What effect does Douglass’s use of the word "blotted” have on the narrative? It creates the image of an unbreakable bond between Douglass and his family. It reminds the reader of the efforts that Douglass made to learn to write. It implies that Douglass and his siblings nearly forgot about their early lives. It emphasizes that Douglass felt he could rewrite elements of his past.
