Frederick Douglass

The story of Douglass was inspirational yet disturbing. The cruelness of slavery is a subject that makes me sick and I would rather not know about it. I did not like to read about the unnecessary beatings and mis-treatment of human life, it was very un setteling. I supose this was the feelings intended for the reader through the detailed violence and killing. Though there was much negativity within this story there were positive notes to cheer you up.The will and determination by Douglass to finally overcome horrible ordeal gives the greatest feeling within the story. My favorite part of his determination was how he taught himself to read. I admire Douglass for this because when I was younger learning to read was a struggle for me and without alot of help from others I may have never learned. One other positive feature I liked was how not all of the slave holders were evil sidistic bruts. Mrs Auld was kind hearted and even attempted to teach Douglass to read but was stopped by her husband. Though I don't like stories of violence the fact that Douglass prevailles in the end makes this a good read.