In Frederick Douglasss Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Es

In Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, he appeals to the interest of the reader through his first hand accounts of slavery, his use of irony in these descriptions, and his balance between indirectness and honesty. Douglass's descriptions of the harshness of slave life are filled with horrific details able to reach even the coldest hearts. The beginning of the book describes how Douglass lacks even the simplest knowledge of his own age. He goes on in the book to describe how he has no accurate knowledge of his age, because he has never seen any of the authentic records containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves, know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is probably the wish of most masters to keep their slaves with only a limited amount of knowledge. In saying this Douglass is showing how low the life of a slave is compared to other humans. The idea of slaves being seen as merely work animals is placed into our minds and is set for an idea to shape the life of Frederick Douglass. Douglass also gives acco...