Fredrick Dougless
In the African culture there are many traditions that have been passed down over time, many of which even made it across the Atlantic Ocean during the Atlantic Passage. It was during this time as the Europeans began to trade slaves across the Atlantic ocean that many African people began to loose focus of their traditions and heritage due to the doctrine that was instilled in them over the years of this slave trade. However there were many cultural traditions that survived this passage. It was due to the knowledge that was brought to the America’s by the slaves that were soul directly from Africa to America that taught this heritage. One thing that is taught in African culture is that there are stages to development that African’s must go though in their development stages all of these stages are marked by a rites of passage. A rite of passage is a ceremony or a person goes to show that they are now ready for the next developmental stage of their life. It is this concept that I went on to examine in the piece Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas. Understanding the concepts behind a rite of passage ceremony a person could correlate that with self-realization. Self Realization accordin
As you look though the events of the story you see how Dougless’ understanding was later actualized. It is running away from slavery and self-education that allowed him to break the barriers of enslavement and transcend into is actualized self. This self-realization is a theme that is present in many of the other literary works of that time as African tried to work toward equality. This equality was also evident in the story Day of Absence by Douglass Turner Ward, was yet another example of self-realization. This example was on the other had, it was the realization by the white man of how important and integral of a part of society that the African was. It was this self-realization+ by the white man that leads to the ability of the African to actualize their full potential and ability in society. In Frederick Douglas' narrative, it is unknown whether or not his birth was welcomed. However, I believe we can infer from the scant details in the text, that he was indeed loved by his mother. Douglas recalled how his mother managed to sneak back to the plantation to be with him four to five times before she died. This would have been done at considerable risk to her own safety. As for his relationship with his father, Douglas heard a rumor from other slaves on the plantation that his master was also his father, although this was never confirmed. Assuming this was true, Douglas was probably both an embarrassment and a property asset to his father. Particularly if Douglas resembled his
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