LITERATURE QUESTIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Narration of a deserved punishment.
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Depictions of a beautiful rural environment.
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Descriptions of the kinds of food and clothing slaves were given.
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The author’s father is often a white man.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Other distinguishing characteristics of the slave narrative are its simple, forthright style; vivid characters; and striking dramatic incidents, particularly graphic violence and daring escapes, such as that by Henry “Box” Brown, who packed himself into a small crate and was shipped north to waiting abolitionists.
Detailed explanation-2: -Summary and Analysis Chapter I. Douglass begins his Narrative by explaining that he is like many other slaves who don’t know when they were born and, sometimes, even who their parents are. From hearsay, he estimates that he was born around 1817 and that his father was probably his first white master, Captain Anthony.
Detailed explanation-3: -Douglass, a rhetorically skilled and spirited man, is a powerful orator for the abolitionist movement. One of his reasons for writing the Narrative is to offer proof to critics who felt that such an articulate and intelligent man could not have once been a slave.