Category: Reading Response F Douglass

Part 1 : after Douglass loses his mistress as his teacher he converts to going to a white poor neighbor food with his book and bread to learn from them . To show appreciation and gratitude toward the white kids …

Question 1: After young Douglass loses his mistress as his teacher, what strategies does he practice to continue learning to read? Who does he turn to for help? How does he persuade them to help him?

One of the strategies …

Part 1: Question #3- What does Douglass mean when he says that “learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing” (paragraph 5)?  Furthermore, what does he mean when he says that “freedom…was ever present to torment me” …

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He decided to be friends with the white boys in his neighborhood, those who were raised to know how to read. Whenever he ventured out of his house for errands, he would make sure to bring …

What does Douglass mean when he says that “learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing” (paragraph 5)?  Furthermore, what does he mean when he says that “freedom…was ever present to torment me” (same paragraph)?  In other …

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As a slave, Douglass one out of few, knows how to read and comprehend english quite better than the average African-American at the time. After completing his forced hard labor he would always read. To the point of …

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 After the young Douglass loses his mistress as his teacher, what strategies does he practice to continue learning to read?  Who does he turn to for help?  How does he persuade them to help him?

Fredrick Douglass was …

Douglass say the quote “learning to read has been a curse rather than a blessing” P5. When reading the quote and comparing it to the entirety off the chapter, those words sit heavy with the reader. In the story a …