Frederick Douglass Ethos

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave written by Frederick
Douglass is an autobiography that accounts the experiences of an American Slave during the
1800s, its shows how education played an important role for him because he believed that education was the key to freedom that could open more doors for him.This book isn't just an autobiography it also a critic to the education, religion, government and society in general to a period of time where slavery was allowed and slaves were not accounted as a full person, where inequality was normal for most people and inhumanity was at his highest point. During the autobiography Frederick Douglass uses imagery, pathos and metaphor to convey his attitude towards the hypocrisy
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This would be against the human rights but at that time slaves were not considered full humans to have rights and that contradict the american promise because when the

founding father seeked independence they also proclaimed that there would be equality and justice for all but apparently not for all.
Pathos is more to appeal to the emotions of the readers and create new ones towards a specific theme. In the text Douglas’s uses pathos to make the audience feel the indignity of being a slave and create the emotion of compassion for the slaves, this is all done throughout the experiences that the author wrote about also refer as anecdotes he adopts a more delicate tone to describe his bad experiences has an American slave. Douglass appeals to the reader by emphasising his horrible experiences and the conditions they were living under. In the text
Douglass stated “I suffered much from hunger, but much more from cold. In the hottest summer and coldest winter, I was kept almost naked”.This clarifies that their living conditions were horrible and their suffering even worse. This demonstrate that the master cared little about their slaves, this treatments and conditions keep relating to the american promise because this is not