Comparative of Narrative of the life of Frederic Douglass and The Awakening In this life we sometimes have to follow guidelines or a set of expectations of what society expects of us but all that we really long for is to have freedom of our self Transcendentalist the individual the true self was sacred and conforming to the norms of the institutions of society was worse than death itself In the Narrative of the Life of Frederic Douglass Frederic himself revolts against the peculiar institution
Not so long ago slavery was a common thing The only possible future for black people was to be a slave They were born that way and the only way they could avoid it was by running away and hide for the rest of their lives It was their destiny it wasnt seen like unfair or discrimination it was just they way thinks worked back then The short story Desirees Baby is a perfect example about how slaves were treated especially in the south of United States Wealthy families had a lot of slaves in their