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ENG 101/ENG 103 Fall 2017 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Discussion Questions: Chapter 6 1. What does Mrs. Auld expose Frederick Douglass to? 2. Why is Mrs. Auld so nice to Douglass at the first? 3. Why does Mrs. Auld abandon his lessons? 4. What important “lesson” does Douglass learn from Mr. Auld? 5. Douglass’s powerful narrative describing his education is, in some ways, the opposite of our educational experience: our family, teachers, and culture were heavily invested in supporting and rewarding our learning and progress. For Douglass, all of the power structures—from the Aulds to the slave culture of the American South—were powerfully arrayed against his learning to read and write. Look up the etymology of the word “education.” How does the word apply to Douglass’s experiences in the Auld Household? During Douglass’s years of slavery, he is not socially or legally “equal” to free Americans, nor is he able to engage in the pursuit of happiness. In what specific ways is “education” related to “freedom” in Douglass’s situation?

Chapter 7 1. Explain the Profess of how Douglass learns to read. Which methods seem most effective? How does Douglass characterize himself throughout the process? How does his character change as he learns to read? 2. Why did Douglass believe that reading become a curse, rather than a blessing to him?

3. Choose some passages and closely examine how Douglass skillfully applied literary rhetoric in writing his narrative. 4. For Writing: Compose your own literacy narrative, in which you analyze the process of doing something literary—perhaps reading a challenging novel, writing an essay, teaching someone else to read. Your narrative does not have to end in triumph, but it should attempt to tease out the nuances of the situation, by demonstrating your understanding of the characteristics of narrative writing....