The narrative of the life Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

The author and narrator of the autobiography. As a child, he is unaware of his exact age and is separated from his mother, highlighting the dehumanizing nature of slavery.

harriet Bailley

Frederick Douglass's mother. She was hired out to a farm 12 miles away and could only visit her son at night a few times before her death, showing how slavery destroyed family bonds.

captain Athony

Cruel, brutal, callous, unfeeling, and power-hungry. His brutality is used to maintain absolute control.

Colonel Edward LIoyd

Wealthy, powerful, distant, authoritarian, and oppressive. He represents the powerful slaveholding class built on enslaved labor.

Setting:the great house Farm

It represented the pinnacle of slaveholder power and luxury, based entirely on the brutal exploitation of the enslaved.

setting:the early 1800s in Maryland

It places the narrative at the heart of American slavery, at a time when slavery was legally protected and incredibly brutal.

Conflict:Fredrick Douglass Vs. the brutal and dehumanizing institution of slavery

Man Vs. society , it is not resolved.Slavery's oppressive system remains firmly in place.

Conflict:Douglass Vs. bad emotional

Mam Vs. self. It is not resolved.Bad emotions allow his ignorance to continue to cause him pain and shape his growing understanding of slavery’s goal, which is to dehumanize him.

Theme:the cruelty of slavery

Slavery systematically exploited humanity through brutal violence, treating people as property and, for example, feeding them from a trough like animals.

Plot:What does Douglass not know about himself?

His exact birth date or age.

plot:What happens to Douglass’s Aunt Hester?

She is brutally whipped by Captain Anthony.

Plot:What is happen to Douglass’s mother?

she is hire out far away: she dies when he is seven.

Plot: how are the enslaved people fed?

Monthly cornmeal allowance dumped into a trough.

Plot: what is the “ Great House Farm”?

colonel Lloyd’s mansion: a symbol of power and privilege.

Plot: how does Douglass describe the slave’s songs?

As expressions of deep sorrow, not happiness.