Douglass learns the white man's power comes from the ability to prevent education to the slaves. The excerpt expresses Douglass' understanding of how education empowers the literate person and by remaining illiterate, unable to read, the master keeps his power against the slave.
Answer:
A theme is the main idea or main point in a story.
It was frowned upon for women to want to get jobs/an education, they were expected to become house wives while men worked.
