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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
I enjoyed Douglass' narrative. The style was well thought out and contemporary in nature. He came across as to deliver a message without being overtly preachy.
A must read for any interested in American history, and particularly African American history. Douglass writes with deft skill, an extremely impressive skill for a slave barred from opportunities for education, and delivers the reader to the horrors of the slave holding South.
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
3 / 4 : Read!
NON-FICTION
[Celebrated abolitionist Frederick Douglass speaks on his years raised in brutal bondage]
Eyes necessarily razor-sharp to the many hydra heads of human cruelty, Douglass lays bare the institution of slavery, which, in the halls of American education, is sometimes treated less than unsparingly.
For all these books nowadays purporting to be about how good books are, Douglass's memoir makes the simplest and most profound case for reading.
I listened to a narration by Jim Hodges
NON-FICTION
[Celebrated abolitionist Frederick Douglass speaks on his years raised in brutal bondage]
Eyes necessarily razor-sharp to the many hydra heads of human cruelty, Douglass lays bare the institution of slavery, which, in the halls of American education, is sometimes treated less than unsparingly.
For all these books nowadays purporting to be about how good books are, Douglass's memoir makes the simplest and most profound case for reading.
I listened to a narration by Jim Hodges
Near the end of African American history month, February, I took a look around my library and found many posters of great African Americans. The library did a great job and it inspired me to read a few books about the African American experience. At that time, there was a lot of buzz surrounding the narrative turned movie 12 Years a Slave. I decided it was time to finally read Frederick Douglass's narrative. While there was a second narrative in all the copies at the library, I didn't start the book expecting to read Harriet Jacobs's story. Yet, both of these narratives were so compelling, so shocking, that I knew I had to finish both.
Read more: http://knowledgeiscool.blogspot.com/2014/04/book-review-narrative-of-life-of.html
Read more: http://knowledgeiscool.blogspot.com/2014/04/book-review-narrative-of-life-of.html
dark
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
While it is hard to rate these narratives as I would works of fiction as the experience of reading them was not (and I believe was never meant to be) enjoyable, both of these narratives movingly illuminate the appalling reality of slavery and the difficult and painful lives of two people who escaped their enslavement. Reading them in their entirety this time (I've read Douglass's narrative and selections from Jacobs's more than once before), it was particularly significant to me how even in the "free" North, both people encountered continued inequality, cruelty, and racism.
challenging
informative
inspiring
sad
emotional
informative
sad
dark
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced