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Prompt: In the autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, how is education related to human freedom? Education is related to human freedom because in the autobiography being educated is like having human freedom.  If you were educated back then you were technically considered a human. The black people were not educated because the white people didn't want them to have knowledge of what was happening in the world. If they had education they would feel like they are worth something more than what they are doing as a slave. The slaves would try to escape. Once a slave learns how to read or be educated they can know what's going on and can find a way out of slavery/be free, due to their knowledge. Education is related to human freedom because without education you wouldn't be considered a human and you couldn't have human rights.

Prompt: What is a human right, and how were Frederick Douglass' human rights violated? Provide examples from the book. A human right is a right that is a permanent essential to all humans. Frederick Douglass’ human rights were violated. The main human right that was violated was that he was a slave. Slavery goes against human rights. In the book there are so many examples of torture one of them being “Upon this he rushed at me with the fierceness of a trigger, tore off my clothes, and lashed me till he had worn out his switches, cutting me so savagely as to leave the marks visible for a long time after.” This was just one example of torture which is also a violation of human rights. Douglass was also deprived of education and it is a right to receive education. Douglass was actually able to take grasp of a learning opportunity but he wasn’t actually allowed to be receiving the lessons which makes it a violation to human rights because he should have a choice to be able to learn. ...

Prompt:  In chapter 5, Douglass writes, "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather to be false, and incur my own abhorrence." What do you think this means, and do you feel the same way about yourself? Please explain your answer.         The quote by Fredrick Douglass, "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, that to be false, and insur my own abhorrence." means, to me that you should be true to yourself, even if people make fun of you and or judge you, rather than being false to yourself because you will only have hatred for being false to yourself.  In this autobiography, Douglass states that when he was chosen to go work in Baltimore it was because he was blessed by a God of some sort. He also said that people might have judged him for being superstitious or egotistical.  When Douglass said " I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurr...

After visiting the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, write about how the piece that you chose to take a photo of represents the characteristics of the era that you chose to study for your sub-genre reader. The painting that I took a picture of was done by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince and was titled, The Tartar Camp. The painting represents characteristics of romanticism because the painting was of nature and it was quite dark. Something in the painting that I noticed was that there was one light aspect in it. Romanticism art focused on the contrast between light and dark. The light was shining on the people in the picture. I think that the light was focused on the people in the painting to show the mood and to draw attention to them.  In the picture, the people were tired and the artist who painted the picture was also tired due to a large trip to Italy and Holland.  Paintings in the romantic era were focused on mood, feeling, emotion, nature and landscape.    ...