Fredrick Douglas used syntax and figurative language to prove the point that slavery is not natural for anyone. The third paragraph as a whole tells how Fredrick Douglas, an American slave, felt about being who he was. He would love to have been free, but he was a slave who compared himself to a brute. Slaveholders back then thought of slaves as animals, therefore Douglas also thought of himself as nothing more. However, he was better, as all humans are, and no human should be treated that way.
             Douglas often compared himself to the free sailing ships which he watched from a distance. He was particularly mindful of his audience which only consisted of ships and God. He always fantasized about freely sailing like the ships which he loved watching. "O, that I were free! O, that I were on one of your gallant decks and under our protecting wings," said Douglas. He always thought of ways to get away from the life which he was living. "God deliver me! Let me be free!," said Fredrick while he spoke to God, whom he spoke to often. As he watch the steamboats steer in the North Point, he thought to himself, "I will do the same; and when I get to the head of the bay, I will turn my canoe adrift, and walk straight through Delaware into Pennsylvania." Douglas desperately tried to figure out how to become a free person, as he most definitely should be.
             Douglas often thought in the mind of Sir Patrick Henry, who spoke the words, "Give me Liberty, or give me death." Fredrick asked himself, "Why am I a slave? I will run away. I will not stand it." In comparison to Patrick Henry's quote, Fredrick Douglas sounds almost matching. "Get caught, or get clear, I'll try it." It sounds as though Fredrick Douglas would never give up. He would never procrastinate if given an order and would love to have been free. He would've traded the hard work for an easy life in a second. Then again...