The lonely good company of books

Learning To Read And Write By Frederick Douglass A. Learning to write by Frederick Douglass is a first-person narrative of Frederick Douglass. The story is about how Douglas as a slave boy learned to read and write. Douglas takes us the audience through events that helped him how to read and write. He tells us about how it all started by reading newspapers, making friends with white poor children an using them as teachers, reading books and finding ways to write. It all began by his mistress using him to teach and eventually getting him to read and write but her husband demanded that she had to stop instructions because slaves “should not” be able to do those things. Douglas with his words made us also feel what he felt as a slave and I personally like that he fought for equality. B. The writer’s purpose and tone are very simplistic style as he is very direct and straightforward with what he is trying to say. C. The audience for this story is white slaveowners and non slave owners. This I would assume that would make owners Lucas slavery in a different way as he described that slavery force his mistress to become something that she is not end but she did not enjoy doing. Another audience that can be used is the white poor children that would teach him in exchange for food. It has always been said that children can be the change for the future, an in the story he lets them know that he as a person has the right to learn how to read and write regardless of the the color of his skin. D. The date of the publication was 1845; a time when slavery was still not abolished. E. I believe Douglas was successful making his point because he was very straight forward when it came to expressing his feelings and telling his story. He never was violent or aggressive. F. This essay contradicts the bible because it goes against “ Genesis 1:27 “ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; make and female he created them” Slavery was pure evil and treating someone like they did it goes against what our religion states ; we are all brother and sisters. "The Lonely, Good Company of Books” Richard Rodriguez A. The story was about a Hispanic male from San Francisco, California and his struggle with reading in the English language. Richard speaks about him reading hundreds of books before he was a teenager but never understood the main concept to what he was reading. Rodriguez tells us with a help of a nun when he changed his mind and finally became passionate about reading books. He than explained what he finally gained out of it such as a form of education, he wanted his teachers to recognize his achievement once he finally completed the book. What we also gather from this is that through his reading change of routine that lead him to be great in public speaker and an English writer in Highschool. I did not feel any support from his parents, but this did not discourage with their lack of understanding to his passion for books. Overall, the person he became he feels “these books have made me all that I am” B. The purpose of the essay was to make an effect on audience. He wanted us to have patience and we will too enjoy reading. The tone of the essay was formal C.