In his writing, he shows how horrible slavery is, and how important freedom was to him. Douglass makes the issue of slavery and freedom by allowing us to be able to relate to it. In addition, he compares slavery to another horrible thing to have a dramatic effect. In this case, “ i felt like one who had escaped a den of hungry lions.” We all hate the idea of slavery, and so does he, but he showed that he feared it. Just caring about freedom and hating slavery did not make this man the hero he was…
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