Douglass is implying that witnessing the celebration has shown him that the nation is even crueler than he thought.
Explanation: Fredrick Douglass explained that the hipocrisy of the country to celebrate freedom and rights while still owning slaves (and having him give a speech) makes the country much worse than he imagined.
Irony rather than something that is not even on
The theme is based outdoors the story is about trust but not a good deal in favoring the woodpecker agreed to help and he did but when he asked the lion for help he didn't say I gave a good deal to you I didn't eat you but all in all the lion is not fare and the woodpecker was
Because if they did then they might be found where they were hiding
