The Narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglass

Chapter 1-2

Frederick Douglas (Child)

Personality: intelligent, determined

Important Trait: Noticing the awfulness of slavery

Douglass’s Mom (Harriet Bailey)

Personality: Loving (Doesn’t see Douglass a lot)

Important Trait: Walked long distances at night to see Frederick secretly

Captain Anthony (Douglass’s first master)

Personality: Cruel, tempered, abusive, aggressive

Important Trait: Overseer of Colonel Lloyd’s plantation and whipped enslaved people

Aunt Hester (Douglass’s Aunt)

Personality: Brave, stands up for herself, self-respect

Important Trait: Stands up to Captain Anthony

Setting: Plantation in Tuckahoe, Maryland

Description: Rural, isolated, where Douglass was born into slavery

Importance: Shows the harsh environment of slavery

Setting: Colonel Lloyd’s Plantation

Description: Large estate, many enslaved people and overseers

Importance: Represents the wealth of slaveholders and the terrible life of enslaved people

Conflict: Separation of families

Problem: Enslaved children separated from mothers early in life

Type: Man vs. Society (slavery system)

Resolution: Not resolved, they can’t physically be together they have been sneaky which is risk taking

Conflict: Appearance and Identity

Problem: Douglass did not know his exact age or father

Type: Man vs. Society

Resolution: Not resolved, shows how slaves don’t learn and are lost

Plot: Douglass does not know his age

Slavery doesn’t allow you to know when your birthday is or anything about yourself

Plot: Douglass got separated from his mother

She could only sneak visit him at night and died when Douglass was 7

Plot: Rumors about Douglass’s dad

Rumors were that it was the white master

Plot: Harriet Bailey’s secret visits

She walked 12 miles to see Douglass without getting caught and made it back before sunrise

Plot: Douglass see’s what slavery is really like

Douglass is exposed to the cruelness from slave holders

Plot: Douglass reflection on slavery system

Slavery ruins slave holders and enslaved people and strips them from real identity