Rfeader Response to `Narrative of the Life Frederick Douglass`

I felt a slight feeling of optimism at the end of Chapter IV when Douglass came into conclusion that he would not be a slave forever . It was also inspirational for me because despite experiencing very difficult times , Douglass was still able to look at life in a positive way

In chapter VI , there are some saddening things like Douglass being so used to cruelty in his life that he becomes bewildered by the kindness he initially received from the new family . Fortunately (or unfortunately ) for him . He need not to get

used to this kindness because Mrs . Auld , from his new family , would be corrupted easily by her husband . She was , at first , kind to Douglass and does not punish Douglass as often as other masters would have , had Dogulass was working for them . Another saddening part in relation to this issue is the change of attitude of Mrs . Auld , at first he was trying to help Douglass but the influence of her husband has made her cruel too . It is saddening really because even the innocent has been corrupted by the crooked . This only shows that slavery is not only bad for the blacks but also for the whites because they become corrupted by following slavery . What makes me sick to my stomach in chapter VI is the whites pretend that they do not want their slaves to be unhappy but almost everything the whites did was not in the intention of making the slaves happy . What 's disturbing in Chapter VI is while Douglass is fighting for equality himself , he himself deprives Sophia equality because he more the masculine lessons that were taught to him by Hugh Auld

In Chapter VII , dividing the slaves among the family is sickening because black people were treated like animals again...