The first step in her downward course was in her ceasing to instruct me. She now commenced to practice her husband's precepts. S
he finally became even more violent in her opposition than her husband himself. She was not satisfied with simply doing as well as he had commanded; she seemed anxious to do better. Nothing seemed to make her more angry than to see me with a newspaper. She seemed to think that here lay the danger. I have had her rush at me with a face made all up of fury, and snatch from me a newspaper, in a manner that fully revealed her apprehension. She was an apt woman; and a little experience soon demonstrated, to her satisfaction, that education and slavery were incompatible with each other. —Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,
Frederick Douglass
Based on this passage, and what you know of Douglass's viewpoint, what message does Douglas want to convey?
By :Considering the author's age, experience, living conditions, family life, feelings, and emotions; Identifying personal descriptions and feelings. Do they reveal a particular perspective or way of seeing the world?
; Trying to notice what is important to the author. What is he or she focusing on or ignoring? Douglass's viewpoint shows us the destructive effects slavery had on other characters and how some people treated Douglass differently based on different perspectives.
