Sunday, August 16, 2009
Frederick Douglass 4: Chapters 9-11
Tons of important things happen in chapters 9-11. Douglass experiences freedom of the mind and then he begins freedom from slavery. In the first paragraph, discuss either Douglass' freedom of mind or literal freedom (or both). In the second paragraph, discuss a time when you felt completely free and compare that to Douglass' experience.
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Chapter’s 9-11 talks mainly about Douglass’s freedom. He is able to recognize dates and places much better. He recovers from all the things that he went through. He is now free and liberal. He explains all he went through with each master and the different experiences he had. He can now be free to talk and not have any judgments. “It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood.” (79) He is now finally to experience freedom. He can speak for his own and have his thoughts spoken with no fear. His freedom of mind is clear because he can now recall on dates and everything we went through. His mind is free to speak fearless.
ReplyDeleteI can’t recall a time I felt like this. But I can kind of relate to the time I felt free from all problems I dealt with. I went to a program in which they made me understand things clearly. I understood life from a different point of view. It made me think different about my thoughts. I can say that I was free to belief what I wanted to belief. I was free to speak my mind and not be judged. I was free to express my thoughts and not be the only one. I now know I’m not alone.
Douglass freedom was forever his turning point in his life.The chapters 9-11 explains all about his masters,his hardships,and his unforgettable experiences that will forever stay within his heart and memories.Now that he is able to read and write,he can fully understand his surroundings and see the world differently with a different point of view, a free man's point of view.He no longer needs to worry about fear and his past oppression,he can live his life in peace and harmony without any slave owner or master in his path.I know he can't forget about his past,his horrible experiences that have affected his family in many ways,but he should set it aside and he should look toward his future and live a full life with the ones he cares and loves.
ReplyDeleteWith that said,the time that I felt completely free was nothing compared to what Douglass experienced,his was more meaningful,more important to him.So the time that I felt completely free was when my punishment was over.I was around 6 or 7 years old that I got into a fight with my cousin. We both got grounded for a long time.I couldn't do anything because my parents were watching my every move,I felt trapped,held against my will.When my punishment was over,I was overjoyed, I promised myself I would never get in trouble like that again.A few days later it happened again.I really didn't keep my promise and I didn't learn my lesson.It was only after a punishment that was probably the only time that I felt free.
--Wilfredo Felix
In the last chapters of the book, Frederick Douglass experiences freedom of mind and literal freedom. He also goes through rough situations such as starvation with his new master. Besides having had such a horrendous life as a slave, Douglass was always had a free mind. “If I could fly! O, why was I born man, of whom to make a brute! ... O God save me! God deliver me! Let me be free!” (56). Douglass was a slave. But while a slave, he always had freedom within him. Maybe not actual freedom but his mind was completely free. As the quote says, he always prayed to God to be set free. To grow wings and leave slavery behind, and the only way to do this was dreaming it.
ReplyDeleteA time when I felt completely free was when I was in sixth grade. I had joined Aquatic Adventures and I was going to go to Colorado islands to snorkel. It was indeed my first time swimming out in the open and I was scared. After snorkeling, I thought to myself, “Wow! I felt like one of the fishes that were swimming right underneath me. I felt free from stress. Free from homework and of my worries.” The truth is that after that day, I always wanted to go back and not worry about anything. I, just like Frederick Douglass, would keep our freedom of mind. Where no one or anything could control our minds.
--Leslie cadenas-- (244 words)
In the last two chapters, Fredrick Douglass tasted the final yearning to become a free man. Because he learned how to read he was able to connect with books and understand the better life he could have if he was not a slave. After successfully reaching New York, Douglass stated that his first taste of freedom was one of the “…highest excitement…” he had ever felt though it also felt like he had “…escaped a den of hungry lions” (93). After marrying his wife, Anna and moving to New Bedford, he experienced new and wonderful views of life for colored people. He believed they were “…more able, stronger, healthier, and happier than those of Maryland” (97). He also “…worked the day with a pleasure [he] had never before experienced” (98). To him, the feeling of living as a free man was the most treasuring, yet new experience he ever had felt.
ReplyDeleteOne memory that I could relate to Douglass would be when I went to watch the sunset at the beach with my family. As I sat there and watched the sun set, I lost any contact with worries or thoughts that were roaming through my head but instead, the feeling or freedom from anything at that moment. I knew there was much to do at home, such as cleaning my room but at moment, like Douglass, I couldn’t care less what happens other than to watch the sun set as the ocean breeze passed me.
In chapters 9-11 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave; Douglass begins to experience freedom of the mind and freedom from slavery as he tries to piece his life together and starts in step one. Douglass begins thinking how to escape when he was traded back to Baltimore. He tries to escape with fellow slaves. Douglass described the thought of escaping heart wrenching by stating, “As the time drew near for our departure, our anxiety became more and more intense. It was truly a matter of life and death with us. The strength of our determination was about to be fully tested” (72). Also when Douglass got his first taste of actual freedom, he was filled with happiness stating, “I have been frequently asked how I felt when I found myself in a Free State. I have never been able to answer the question with any satisfaction to myself. It was a moment of the highest excitement I ever experienced” (93). Douglass, however still felt the possible chance of being sent back in to slavery a felt that in every lurking corner, there was someone out to get him.
ReplyDeleteA moment in my life when I felt free was when I was in a park alone, running around like a dog without a leash for the first time. Freedom was grabbing me by my bare hand that instant. I felt like Douglass during that time because he stated he felt like he “escaped a den of hungry lions” (93).
--- Adan Adan ( 247 words)
Chapters 9-11 are the ending chapeters of this book. Here he talkes about being free and starts planning his date to run away. By this time he is starting to recongnize dates and days and where he is at. He describes all his masters and what he had to go through while being their slave. He has goten tortured and brutaly beaten by some of his masters. He has always had the state of mind that he is goin to be free, but he was waiting on the time where he would actually be free from everything. Once Fredrick Douglas experienced full freedom in New Bedford, he married his wife Anna and got his name changed. He started to notice that this place was alot different than where he was use to being.Everybody was independent and nobody was gettin whippings. The people looked healthy and stronger. He finnaly started to feel the real meaning of being free. He started to find work and was able to support him and his wife. He bagan to tell a lil bit about his experiences to the other colored men.
ReplyDeleteI remember the time where i felt thta i needed to be free fome everything that was goin on in my life. I was goin through so much stuff that i needed something to free me. I joined this program that helped me get through the problems and it allowed me to clear my mind and be free of all my struggles.
-Brandi Rhone
"During these leisure times, those old notions about freedom would steal over me again(104)." Despite the failure of many attempts for freedom Frederick Douglass had not yet out-weighted his determination to be free. In chapters nine through eleven Frederick Douglass concludes the events that lead to his freedom. He continued to pursue education, learning to read and write with what he had. He later than taught a Sabbath school for colored people every Sunday. Along the way he conducted an escape event with his fellow slave members and eventually failed. After being brought to prison for a couple days, separation soon left Frederick Douglass alone. Master Hugh finally took him in and made him learn how to calk. He eventually became a calker and made great earnings in which he made a compromise for freedom with his master, it was agreed to then soon rejected. Then after he was rejected for freedom he soon set off for his last attempt for freedom, made his way to New York and found success. Later married and moved to New Bedford for work. Along his journey for a better life he participated in anti-slavery reform meetings and spoke for freedom, justice and liberty.
ReplyDeleteFreedom in the 21st Century has been more than enough. Although we as adolescents are restricted with a few more rules than adults, we still are capable to do a lot. We are safe from labor and abuse compared to slaves during the 1700 - 1800s. We have enough to eat as well as clothes and homes to shelter us. Although discrimination and prejudice still exist, an increasing population has been accepting all ethnicity into society as one and having the same respect for all.
-- Maneevanh Soundara
In chapters 9-11 of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, I feel that Douglass got to experience freedom of mind even as a slave, because he was always aware of the slave system in which he lived in and the tactics the slave-holders used to keep their slaves in that system; Frederick found that “to make a content slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one,...to annihilate the power of reason” (70). This freedom of mind, of course, he obtained thanks to his capacity to read and write, something he worked very hard for. Moreover, it’s true that Frederick suffered due to his knowledge, but at least that gave him the motivation to be free.
ReplyDeleteI don’t particularly recall a time when I felt completely free, for I am constantly aware the ties that tie me down, some of them by my parents, others by the law, the rest by the system in which we live in; for in truth, we’re never truly free, but as free as we can be. Never the less, I have experienced freedom of mind, although not nearly as much as Frederick Douglass has felt. Times when I do experience freedom of mind are momentary moments that I spend with my brother or friends and laugh hysterically with them. For me, those are the moments I get to experience freedom of mind, since I’m so happy that I just stop thinking about the world and just focus on the moment.
--Melissa Coria
Throughout this portion of the book Douglass’s freedom of mind was what moved me most. After learning to read and write he fell into a dark spiral and realized the inhumanity that is slavery more thoroughly. That mental struggle that was going on within him vastly affected his physical being. There was a strong need for a release and he found it when he was sent to Mr. Covey’s “nigger-breaking” camp. Douglass had to undergo ruthless labor jobs and severe whippings under harsh conditions for about six months (half of his term). One day he gained power out of nowhere and fought back strangling the slaveholder. Out of protection of his reputation, Mr. Covey didn’t report Frederick Douglass to the public whipping and Douglass himself said that for the rest of his six months there Mr. Covey never laid another whipping or beating on him. As a result Douglass stated: “I felt as I never felt before. It was a glorious resurrection, from the tomb of slavery, to the heaven of freedom. My long-crushed spirit rose, cowardice departed, bold defiance took its place.” It truly was a life-changing event in his life; he from then forth made a vow to always stand up for himself.
ReplyDeleteWhen my family would go to the park on weekends my little brother and I always had boundaries to where we were allowed to go. I had always felt like I never went far enough and I wanted to explore further. Once I was allowed to break through that boundary, I felt an ultimate freedom that can be described as being able to cross the road without holding your mothers hand.
-Jocelyn Munoz (250)
In the final chapters of the Narrative of Fredrick Douglas, Douglas is freed and has time to think of everything he’s been through. He thinks of all his time he spent in his master’s plantations and all the events that he has gone through that shaped him to who he became. He has a sudden felling of freedom both literally and mentally. He has the realization that what he went through no longer matters because he doesn’t have to go through it anymore. He is now able to read and write which will help him become somebody like he thought back when he was first learning to read and write.
ReplyDeleteA time I felt completely free was this summer when I went up to Exeter. When I was there I was sleeping at a friend’s house and my parents weren’t there so I had the ability to do whatever and not worry about consequence. I know that his parents were there but it didn’t feel as if they were authoritative like my parents are. That is why I felt free. I know it isn’t much of a freedom but it felt good not to be under someone’s control or authority.
-Lucas
In Chapters 9-11, Douglass reached a moment in his life when he could finally taste the feeling of freedom and being able to read and also feeling way way he always wanted to feel as in not being a slave.
ReplyDelete"Those beautiful vessels, robed in purest white, so delightful to the eye of freemen, were to me so many shrouded ghost, to terrify and torment me with thoughts of my wretched condition"(38). Meaning it was every slave dream to live in such area, but Douglass was use to those conditions after living all over the place.
Even after being free douglass felt their was a chance of him being sent back to slaver, because he thought it was to good to be true, their had to be a outraged white person outrage out their to get him. came to new york which was a slave free state, "i said i felt like one who had escaped a den of hungry lions"(63). He felt free but lonely at the same time. He got Married to a women named Ana and they moved to new bedford. A moment When i felt free was when i had my text turned of my phone for 3 months because i was supposly in trouble , and i got it back on, i felt free and ready to talk to the world.
In chapters nine through eleven in the “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, Douglass speaks about his escape to New Bedford and how he finally became an official freeman because of his successful attempt. Although he was actually free when he arrived, Douglass was already experiencing the taste of freedom while working for Master Hugh. He felt a sense of freedom because by this time he was working or wages. Even though he did not receive much of the wages he actually earned, he still had that sense o freedom because it was better than being an actual slave like he was the majority of his life. While working or Master Hugh, he strengthened his mental thinking of almost being free. It wasn’t until he reached New Bedford that he finally felt free not only mentally, but physically as well.
ReplyDeleteA time when I feel completely free is always at the end o the school year. I’ve been stuck in the classes for about 7 months and when the last bell rings and you walk outside it feels extremely rewarding. I think Douglass felt the same way because like me, he seemed to be so overwhelmed with joy that when he finally reached his goal, he didn’t know where to start.
-Alfredo Alatorre
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ReplyDeleteSuch a diverse universe lived Frederick Douglass, and I am proud to say that he is a true human being. He has suffered far enough than any other soul. It angers me that people get emotionally scarred by the simplest things. I know people have never witnessed the our shining moon as bloody red alike Sir Frederick Douglass. The excerpt, “It was new, dirty, and hard work for me; but I went at it with a glad heart and a willing hand. I was now my own master. It was a happy moment, the rapture of which can be understood only by those who have been slaves,” inspires me greatly. As a growing child, I just cannot wait until I go to college. After I get out, I want to immediately want to go to work! I am just desperate to create a cartoon and share my imprisoned stories.
ReplyDeleteAs for feeling free as Frederick Douglass, I am going to say every day. Although at times I may suffer physically, mentally, or psychologically, I always have a way to escape those troubles. No, I do not run away from home or bother writing my troubles in paper. Even though as a teenager, I also do not hear away my distress with loud music. What I do is daydream. As a storyteller with vivid and colorful imagination, I have the ability to create imagery and cartoons in my mind. I can also manipulate my dreams into what I want them to start or even end like. I believe it is a strong gift because it is the only gateway to escape reality. By continuously daydreaming, I just feel free and happy. I can even unknowingly make myself cry by the beauty of my non-existing art in my cranium.
All throughout the book Fredrick debated on his wish to be free. Throught his life there are moments in which he feels extreamly strong about leaving and others when that is the last of his concerns, but never the less he keeps it in the back of his mind. For a long time he feels the burden of knowlegde, know that he can read, write, and think at a higher level his view of slavery changes drastically. Knowlege provide an escape, but can also be oppresive, he goes on to say that at time he would admire the slave the were brute for they didn't think as he did.He would debate with himself, would he risk all the little things he had accomplished over the time of his life for a chance at freedom, or should he stay, because he knew that if he should fail, he would want death. Knowledge provided a view to all the things that he would never get or have, all the things that seemed to be rightfully his: Freedom. He does however eventually escape.
ReplyDeleteI can't really think of a time when i have felt as free as Douglass might have felt, but then again i have never been a slave. I don't think i can even begin to imagine how happy and anxious he mush have felt. I thank him for writting this book, It has definitly opened my eyes in the slave perspective of slavery.
--Jorge Rivera
In the last chapters of the book, Douglass is finally free and is able to pursue his life as a freeman. Douglass finally reunites with his wife Anna, and they start of with a clean slate. Before he left New Bedford, he learned to work as hard as a freeman. Eventually, he decided to gain trust from his master and escape to New York with the money he was given. With these skills, he continues to find work in New Bedford. As he looks around, he notices that the colored people live well, even better than the slaveholders in the south. Now that he has arrived to the free land, he is able to read as he pleases. Although he seemed shy to speak in front of white people, as we all know, he became a well known writer and orator.
ReplyDeleteThe only time I can think of being free is when I write. This summer, during the Upward Bound S.R.P., I was given a journal to write in. It is difficult for me to speak in front of others. However, when I write, I present so many ideas many people agree with or do not present when having a discussion in class. The freedom Douglass wanted had to be gained through hard work. I, however, have been given the freedom to speak since I have been born. For Douglass, I believe that he felt a sense of accomplishment when he was able to be free to speak. [248]
Chapters 9 through 11 speak on Douglas freedom. These chapters also talks about the hard times and the life helping experiences a person can deal with while being a slave. “I now come to that part of my life during which I planned, and finally succeeded in making, my escape from slavery.” This means to me that he planned all along to escape from slavery and now he has accomplished this major goal in his life he is glad and thanks god for setting him free.
ReplyDeleteI don’t know of a time I felt free that can come to close comparison of the freedom Douglas felt.
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ReplyDeleteIn the final chapters of this Narrative, Douglas was able to taste freedom. Over the chapter, he discusses the hardships and obstacles he had to overcome to have a sense of the freedom he gained. He also emphasizes that he will forever remember his experiences and tales of slave labor. He is overwhelmed of finally being free and his actions to do so. His hard work, his determination has molded him to who he is now. I believe that the attributes he learned and gained shaped who he is, and whatever label is set on him wouldn’t have superior meaning. He has overcame harshest conditions and treatments and became an incredible person with a lifelong story.
I myself have never really had to fight for freedom, which I am thankful for. I myself can relate to Douglas in the attribute shaping who you are part. Im sure everyone can relate to that part because noone is perfect at everything. I think I realized that once you fail, and fail over again… that is okay because youre learning from your mistakes. And overcoming struggles in life is just a daily challenge and trait to learn. I’m thankful for freedom, and will cherish it.
Douglass makes his mind free when he understands the effects of slavery in slaves and slave holders. He doesn't only presents the darkness of mind between ignorant slaves but also reffers to the negative effects that the idea had on slaveholders. His freedom of mind made him knowlegable of what his condition was, this situation made him unhappy because he couldn't do anything about his oppression. Education for Douglass was certainly a way of being free but also a state of anxoiusness.
ReplyDeleteOne time when I felt free was when I learned how to express myself in English. The first time I hold a conversation in a new language made me feel free to express my mind through words to people that I never imagined I would communicate with. This freedom compares to Douglass feeling when physically he was free and was able to speak about his experience and his freedom of the mind.
Frederick Douglass first achieves freedom of mind before physical freedom. With this new freedom of mind, he was able to then remember dates and times. He was also achieved a state of awareness that made him realize that he could no longer stand to remain a slave all his life. With this resolution he was no longer a slave on the inside. When he achieved this new state of being, he was then able to focus on escaping his slave state. He even began to teach others and convince them that slavery was no longer acceptable to themselves. Douglass was then able to plan his escape and finally achieve freedom physically.
ReplyDeleteA time when I have always felt free is during the three days my family goes camping every summer. In that short amount of time, all my worries and anxieties just disappear. I am then at peace with myself and free. Actually, since the very first day that school ends I get a feeling of complete freedom. To me, school makes me feel caged in and gives me an anxious feeling when summer is near. It's as if I'm a caged animal that sees the cage door open but has to wait until it's chains are unlocked.
Douglass gets to have freedom of mind. He is finally able to remember dates. Therefore, he is now able to record what happened exactly on which day. Douglass also thought that he is not going to remain a slave forever. He set up a plan to escape. However, his master kept searching for him, but he never gave up. He finally managed to escape and gain his freedom. He trusted his master who gave him money to escape to New York. There, he realized that many people were freedmen. This is when Douglass finally starts his new life of freedom.
ReplyDeleteA time that I felt free was when I was at UCSD SRP. It felt great to be out of the house and just be in a different environment. Although it was an academic camp, I still achieved my freedom. Whenever we had suite-meetings, I felt free. There, we could talk about anything. It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as it has to do with the topic we were discussing. Moreover, I gained a close relationship with my suitemates and roommates. I felt as we could discuss anything, personal or academic. My residential adviser was also there for me to talk to. Anything that was on my mind, I could always get it off. At SRP, it was a place where I felt free and can discuss anything. (230)
--Trang Phan
Finally FREE! Having freedom in his life was definitely the best thing that could have ever happened to him. Douglass is now finally able to share his experiences and thoughts. After so long he can finally recapture some moments of his life and share them. But before freedom, Douglass did experience cruelty. However, even while he was a slave he had a very free-open mind. He always dreamed of being free, and his dream came true. Now that Douglass is free he should enjoy what he has. Now he has no nothing to worry about, but to live peacefully and freely.
ReplyDeleteA time where I felt completely free was on my second trip to Malibu. The purpose of this trip was to run a three mile race. Everyone was like woahh, three miles, you’re crazy. But it wasn’t just about running, it was about having fun, enjoying myself, and having a wonderful experience. I have to say it was one of the most amazing days ever. For one whole day I was no where near home, I was able to do what I love to do, and be with the person I love the most. That day I placed 31st in a race with about almost 200 runners all over the country and I spent the day at Malibu with the most amazing person ever.
I'm done! :)
Frederick Douglass was finally FREE! after his long struggle and hard life. Due to the fact that he learned to read and write guaranteed his freedom. Knowledge opened his to the world that was out there out of slavery. He understood that if he managed to escape success would only follow him. Now Frederick was able to remember dates and was gonna write down everything.He tried to escape when he went back to Baltimore, and he tried the escape with several other slaves. He managed to escape and reach New York with some help from his master. After that he married to Anna and moved to New Bedford were people were colored peole were more excepted.
ReplyDeleteI cant remember exactly a time were I felt free because I've always been free. What i mean is that II am a free-spirited person since like ever. I go were I want, I think what I want and so on. I don't think there is a time I have felt a prisoner of something or someone and I hope i never will either because i wouldn't know how to handle it. There really is no way i could relate to Frederick Douglass and perhaps I wont fell that feeling, but honestly I think I live freedom every day.
--> Aldo Perez :))
In chapter nine through eleven, Douglas finally gained his freedom as a African Slave. At the beginning of his whole life, he talks about the horrible experiences he faced. At the end, all of his hardship payed off, and he became "free". Douglass experiences as a slave was something to always remember. From being tortured and abused to being free, is something incredible. Douglass lived through the hardest times. Being seperate from families, knowning his mom died, seeing other slaves being abuse by the masters, and much more took a peice of his life away. Afterwards being "Free" he started a new life.
ReplyDeleteThroughout my life, I had experience a similar experience as Douglass for being "Free". The time when I felt free was when I have to do a big project for a certain classes. Projects such as doing or writting a poster, powerpoint, or even a 12pg essay. It became so stressful, that I wanted to end my life there. However, I puted my hardship and determination such as Douglass himself, and gotten through it. When I turned or presented afterwards I felt so "Free" because I had nothing to worry about.
-Phi La
A time when I feel free is when I'm writing music. When i sing it out loud it become real to me; just as Douglass' narrative becomes real within the mind of its reader.
ReplyDeleteThese chapters were the heart of the book; they made me feel excited, anxious, and relieved. On the other hand, Frederick Douglass experiences many thoughts and feeling in these last chapters. Douglass first experiences a taste of freedom when he is able to get work on his own, with the expense of an unfair bargain. This made him experience freedom of mind and different life that he never had. After several months of this injustice bargain Douglass grew tired and finally attempted running away to the northern states. On arrival, after a successful escape, Douglass finds help from a free black man and then experiences literal freedom first hands. He finally feels safe, like in a secure place, where people have each others back and help them get their new lives started. Douglass encounters his fiancée, his future wife, and starts off by getting miscellaneous jobs in New Bedford. At the end of the book Douglass is asked to share his life experience as a slave in a crowd of white people, and after facing his fear of speaking in front of white people, everything turns out smooth.
ReplyDeleteRelating to Douglass’s experience, times I feel free and completely relaxed is literally, not joking, right before I go to sleep. I start getting this relieving feeling and start to pull away from all my troubles and feelings. It’s like if I’m floating on clouds and going away and then bam I fall asleep. The next morning I wake up all refreshed, like a brand new product out of the box, and ready to start all over again.
--Leo Aviles [266]
In chapter 9-11 Frederick Douglass describes his freedom that he is not afraid anymore he can feel peace. He talks about all the memories that he have from his old masters. And that will stay forever on him he learns how to read and write which help him pass to feel freedom because he was able to communicate. Now he sees the world different just like any other man that has the freedom. He is able to work in his own now he is his own master. He feels safe in place where everyone helps each other. He got marry and he lives a happy life. But he will always have the memories when he was toured, or when he was separated from his family. But now he stars a new life .The new life of freedom
ReplyDeleteA time when I feel complete free was when I learn to speak English now I have a voice I can talk to people and know the rights that I have. This is similar to Douglas freedom because I also learn how to write and read. And I suffer discrimination for not knowing how to communicate. Just like him now I have a voice I able to communicate I feel free because I do not depend an any other person that has to speak for me . Or that will make fun of me because of my ignorant. I also fund people around me know I know that I not alone because I have found good people just like Douglas found Mrs. Aulia that start to teach him the ABC.
chapter 9-11 he when Douglas gets his freedom. douglas talks about the hard times he had in his life and what he has experienced while he was a slave. douglas talks about his freedom that he is free now that he is not scared of anybody. he learns how to read too.well is commen right he wrote this story years ago...
ReplyDeletea time that i feel free is now that i live wit my girl.the reason is because we depend in our selfs we dont depend in anyone.watever we want we have to work for.i dont have to ask anyone for permision to go anywhere i do whatever i want im a grone person.
After all the events that Douglas has been through, he is free at last. Douglas shares the memories of cruelty against slaves. He feels more free now that he could communticate. After being married and living his life as a free man, the memories of himself being tortured lingers on his mind. Knowing he and other slaves were beat and separated from families he appreciates the life of a free African American slave.
ReplyDeleteA time where i feel free is when i'm out skating with my friends. Skateboarding to me is sorta like a stress reliever. It just helps me get my mind straight or off something else. Riding my horsey just feels like a whole new world to me. I heart the feeling of the adrenaline and the crazy vibe tickling my spine. There are no rules to skateboarding unlike many other sports like dodgeball and soccer or something. You can do what you like or whatever feels good to you.
fredrick douglass have lived through many inconvenient events. once he was free he was not able to act like a free man his mind was still stuck in the past. he was able to find a job and work. later he was also able to get married.
ReplyDeletethere was one time when my let me spend the night at my friend. i felt free, that same night we went fishing.i had so much fun that night. I felt like I had all the weight of pressure lifted off my shoulder.
“I now come to that part of my life during which I planned, and finally succeeded in making, my escape from slavery.” In chapter’s 9-11 Douglas receives his freedom. He sums up all his experiences and tries to recover from them. Gladly, he would never go back to being the property of no one. He was determined to do great things and leave his pains in the past; he would live the life they took away from him for so many years. Now, he would be a man and think what he wanted to think and speak what he wanted to speak because no one was going to be there to hold him back.
ReplyDeleteA time that I can relate to his situation has to be when I went to camp last year. Everyone shared their problems and everyone listened and supported everyone. This made me change in a drastic way since I found out things about others and myself that I was not aware of. I was free to trust and tell my story without judgment and received understanding and help from my peers. That night I felt free, free to speak my mind and know that it was safely kept in everyones heart.
-Beatriz Chavez
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ReplyDeleteIn chapters 9-11, Douglass is finally able to comprehend the immensity of freedom. His first taste of freedom of course was established once he understood literature, courtesy of Mrs. Auld. After deliberating to escape with his fellow slaves for a long period for time, he finally took action and ran. Upon escaping to New York Douglass described his first taste of freedom as total elation: “It was a moment of the highest excitement I ever experienced” (93) Upon becoming a freeman he marries his wife and settles in New Bedford as well as adopting a new name to reflect his new life. Though I can’t come close to experiencing that joy, I do have some moments.
A similar experience I’ve shared is summer. Every summer, it feels like an incredible burden is lifted off of my shoulders. There’s no more stress from schoolwork and it’s just total bliss and happiness with your friends. OF course, the euphoria doesn’t last as the new school year rears it’s ugly head around eventually. Maybe Douglass experienced the same thing; he was a freeman, but the struggle of the oppressed was not over yet. He still had to fight the Good Fight and become an abolitionist.
In chapter 9 to chapter 11, Douglass has always craved the sweet taste to freedom but was unsure how to achieve it. He knew it was what he wanted but he feared the consquences, whether it was worth losing everything he worked for. With all of that in mind, he was able to experience what freedom felt like although he was not completely free, it was surely progress. He was close, he now see’s the world from a different perspective although he does remember days back on the plantation. he was working his way to complete freedom. He’s now able to live a happy life, he got a job and he’s now married. He’s able to be his own man and no one else’s.
ReplyDeleteThere has to be at least a moment in time when you’re restricted from doing something you really want to do and you feel trapped, like Frederick. There was this one time I wanted to go to Camp but my mom wouldn’t let me go because she didn’t want me to go far from home. She was afraid that something would happen, so she planned to isolate me from the rest of the kids who were going. I felt saddened by her decision because I had my heart set on playing in the snow. After hours, days and weeks of attempts to convince her she eventually said yes. Once I got on that bus, I felt alive as if I was my own person. The feeling of trust and freedom is one of the best feelings there is, and Douglass was able to experience that as well.
Chapters 9-11 Douglass’s mostly talks about his freedom. He also talks about his memories with all the masters he has been with and how he going to remember the terrible moments he has been through. His accomplishment was to learn how to read and write, he successfully completed it. He's a freeman now, he got married and lived happy. Frederick Douglass is now living a life without being a slave or having a master! :D
ReplyDeletemy connection to this book is totally different i never had to fight for my freedom and I'm glad i didn't have too. I can speak my mind without getting beat down or severely punished.
In the final 2 chapters Douglass receives his freedom. He gathers up all his experiences and tries to recover from them. Good thing he would never go back to being someone else's property. He was determined to be free, do great things and leave his pains in the past. He became a man. He thought whatever he wanted to think and spoke what he wanted to speak because no one was going to be there to boss him around.
ReplyDeleteA time where I felt free was when I was in Los Angeles for a week with no adults. I felt free because I had no one telling me what I could and couldn't do. When you have freedom is GREAT
In the last chapters of the book Frederick Douglass gets his freedom. He talks about his memories the good and the bad. Douglass has seen the worst but at the end he is a free man. He accomplished how to read and write so I would say that was a major goal he set himself with even though it was risky. He went on and got married and lived a good life because had no more master, no more pain caused, and could do whatever he wanted without any kind of authority.
ReplyDeleteMy connection to the book was a little hard because I never had to fight for my freedom. I’m lucky to live my life knowing that I can express the way I feel without anyone telling me what to do. Frederick Douglass is a hero because he endured all the pain but it just shows that he really deserves to get the freedom. I don’t have to take any advice or an order from anybody because I get to decide my future and what I want to become. Frederick Douglass is inspiring and for that is remembered for what he went through as a boy and how he went through life
In chapter ten Fredrick douglas had left master thomas house and moved in with mr. covey. While he lived with mr.covey beat on frdrick douglas constantly. Once fredrick douglas got tired of being whooped and fought mr.covey after defeating him in their confrentation mr. covey never layed a single finger on him as he was trying to keep his reputation as the toughest slave holder in the south. In chapter eleven fredrick douglas becomes a free man but at the beggining of his freedom its hard for him to adjust to it since he has been enslaved all of his life.He finally adjusts to the chaanges and starts talking to white people in assemblies about his slave experience and how all of the other slaves are suffering from this injustice.
ReplyDelete9-11 chapters finally mention freedom for Frederick Douglass. During this point FD can now remember dates and its the point in his life where he can finally feel free in a way. He describes his masters attitude towards him and how he managed to get the money in order to get ready for his next destination. From every week that he earns money from his job he has a hold of a few of it, and is saving it for his future plans. This process took him many years, but patience and the eagerness of feeling a free man is what motivated him to continue saving. FD escaped to New York successfully and then got work and earning his money without having to pay anyone.
ReplyDeleteOf course Frederick Douglass experience of becoming free was meaningful and important to him, my experience can not be compared. However, one time i felt free was when i finally realized that i had to change in order for things around me to change the way i wanted them to. I finally liberated myself from the control under my stepmother.
During these final chapters what was on Douglass’ mind was to escape and be free. He knew what he had to do and knew that it wouldn’t be easy and that just one mistake would ruin the whole plan so he took his time and planned it out until his plan was completely flaw proof. After he achieved freedom he was extremely happy that words could not explain how he felt. He was a free man at last and finally he could pursue his dreams. He didn’t have to answer to nobody because he could be his own master and take control of his life.Although he was free and happier than ever even years after being free, the memories of his past still haunt him and never left him. He was stuck with those horrible memories until death. Being free though he was able to pursue his dreams and become a writer and overcome his fear of speaking infront of white people.
ReplyDeleteA time that I feel completely free and powerful is when im in the soccer field playing soccer with my friends or in a game. It’s the time when I let go of all my stress and problems and just try to have fun and learn something new. When im in control of the soccer ball I feel like nothing can touch me and if I wanna try a move or something new I can because there isn’t a law or an official stopping me other than the referee.
In chapters 9-11, Douglas’s journey was still yet not over although he experienced freedom. He was once more moved around except this time he was placed with Mr. Covey after belonging to Mr. Thomas. Mr. Covey was a very cruel man, just like the other masters. Frederick Douglas always was held captive, but this time he fought back! His years of being owned and controlled overwhelmed him and he couldn’t take it anymore. He fought and pleaded with Mr. Covey. Mr. Covey did not want to “put up” with these issues so he let Fredrick Douglas free, however, he felt that he had to save himself from humiliation as to being the most powerful slave holder. In chapter 11, that’s when the “MAGIC” happened. Mr. Covey let Fredrick Douglas flee from his hands, no longer being a slave in society. This was the most eventful time of his life and along with that the happy times. The feel of freedom gave me a sense of how he felt. It wasn’t exactly easy for him to become immune to the system but overall he reached his goal. He started associating with people, including white people. The thought of him receiving freedom gave me a tingly feeling inside because of the happy ending he earned.
ReplyDeleteChapters 9-11 He got freed, Well As free as he could get at that time, but was he really free? i don't think so. no one is really ever free. Freedom is just a state of mind. I guess you can say he never reached it because theres always a little bit of slave for him. He uses his morals from being a slave to be free, gets a job,. He didn't want to leave his friends but he did anyways. He made the right descison. He carefully planed his esscape. I feel like that sometimes like, i just want to escape and not do stuff like THIS assignment, but yeah, to bad for me :]. But really, sometimes its like everythings holding you down and you really don't know what to do so you just plan an escaped and it rarley works, but yeah when it does, look how happy is makes us. You feel free, but really your not!
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Chapters 9-11 mainly talks about Frederick Douglass’s freedom. Frederick experiences freedom in many ways. He talks about his experiences, and his masters as well. From what he learned from reading and writing, he understood books and was able to read them, and he would soon become someone in the future like he has said before he began learning to read and write. After Frederick Douglass was freed, he had time to think about what he was through during the whole time he was a slave. He felt free mentally and physically. He didn’t have to think about what he went through because that was all over and he was free.
ReplyDeleteA time when I always feel free is when school ends. So many days spent in school and not really being able to do what you want is hard, and I just have an amazing feeling when school is over. I feel free to do what I want, and I don’t have to focus on anything just myself and my vacation. I don’t think I felt as free as Frederick did, but I know I felt a feeling of relief and joy when I got out of school, and I believe and know for a fact that Frederick felt the same.
-Sara Martinez.
Well, I think that in order to be fully free, we must have freedom of the mind. Honestly if we are not able to express our ideas, beliefs and thoughts, we are not free. This reminds me of the quote that we discussed in class: “Freedom of the mind is the real freedom. A person, whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man”. This relates to the chapter because Frederick first experienced freedom of the mind, and engaged again in life. Before he gained freedom of the mind, Douglass begins to lose his intellect and desire to learn. As a result of losing this, it seems as if he was to kill himself, but fortunately his experience helps him to grow as a human being. A real human being.
ReplyDeleteActually I know that I am not truly free. Due to the fact that my masters are my parents. However, just being to breathe air and see the clear sky with total happiness makes me feel like a free person. Feeling the love that my family and friends give to me, are signs that somehow I am free, and I am very thankful for that. This experience does not relate to Douglass’s, but the excitement is equal or even greater.
- Daisy Mercado
Douglass’s freedom was a key point in his life. Excellent results came of it. The chapters 9-11 explains all about his masters, his hardships, and his unforgettable experiences that will remain in his conscience forever. Now that he is able to read and write, he can fully understand his surroundings. He sees the world in another way, with a whole new perspective, a free man's point of view. He no longer needs to worry about fear and his past oppression; he can live his life, peacefully, without any slave owner in his path. He does act weary for a while because he can not seem to trust the people around him. I know he can not forget about his past, but he should set it aside and he should look towards his future and live a full life with the ones he cares and loves.
ReplyDeleteI have felt like this before. This being, having the feeling of being enslaved and finally breaking free. I think that all kids feel like this. It is sort of like a coming an age. When I was little, it be said I underwent a little slavery of my own. It did not feel weird at the time, because it was what everyone was doing at the time. I had to do some crazy tasks ranging from bringing food and drinks to mopping the kitchen. It felt superb when I turned twelve and passed the baton to my little cousin, Sam who was a year younger than me. I felt free, like I can move on with my life. I do not think I will ever forget that moment. I believe it is a defining moment that will follow me the rest of my life. -- Maytin Poonsuk
I believe that Fredrick Douglass' mind was free long before he was free in body. To be enslaved in mind some one must complete control over your mind, The moment Ms. Auld began to teach Douglass his mind was officially no one elses but his own. I think the moment that his body was free it just gave an extra hand in his life but I believe the cards were always in Douglass' favor it just was going to take awhile.
ReplyDeleteI used to hang out with a certain group of kids when I was in middle school and they were so mean to everyone even each other I hated hanging out with them. My 7th grade year was the worst year of my entire school life just because my responsibility was for my group of "friends" and not for education I was in class maybe twice a week. When I moved to La Mesa was one of the best moves of my life, I was finally just "me" and not an "us" it was the best feeling of freedom that could've ever been given to me.I think possibly that's how Douglass felt relieved and alive for the first time.