fredrick douglas
Frederick Douglass' Fourth of July Speech Frederick Douglass' Fourth of July oration is a very moving and eye-opening speech. In reading this and trying to build a picture of what this might have been like to see or watch is amazing. Also as I read this and I realized a lot of things about how there are so many things that people don't think about or choose to think about. Douglass did something that not many people would be able to do today. As I read the speech thinking it is going in one direction, but expecting something is building behind the scenes and then it completely changes. This speech is very moving and probably the most powerful piece I have read so far. The audience that I think he is speaking to is very revealing about who the people in the crowd are. In reading this speech I feel that the majority of the people in the crowd are white if not all of them. I can also picture that the crowd is full of important people who are expecting to hear about how they are so great for keeping the nation going and how far they have come since they had gained there freedom from the British. These men and women in the audience are waiting to hear about how they have done so much for the country and how they have helped bla
How it seemed that he had every corner covered from the Bible to the laws of a state. It seems that it was the right plac!e and the right time for everything. It would seem that the audience is expecting to hear some gratifying remarks from someone who is black in order to make society feel better about themselves. " Another example is how slavery goes against the Bible. He points out the disgrace we are to our fellow man. He points out the disgrace we are towards God. When I look at the big picture I see how a man changes a nation's way of thinking. The reason that Douglass gave the speech he did was to open societies eyes to what is going on around them. Douglass then decides to use this platform to give a very powerful speech that I think just hit the audience in the face. How one man can stand face to face to a nation and point out it's faults to a people who have recently just finished fighting for its freedom. ck people from someone who went through it. In another instance he asks what you want him to argue about. Douglass then goes on about how we live in a great nation that was founded by great men. My summary of this speech is that it is great. One of the laws that proves this that Douglass points out is that there are "seventy-two crimes in the state of Virginia that if committed by a black man are punishable by death, and only two of these crimes are punishable by death for the white man.
Common topics in this essay:
Fourth July,
Douglass Bible,
fourth july,
douglass speech,
Frederick Douglass',
Douglass' Fourth,
frederick douglass' fourth,
douglass' fourth july,
people crowd,
expecting hear,
frederick douglass',
punishable death,
douglass' fourth,
|
Acceptance Essays
