Cracker • When Douglass states that, "Mr. Covey succeeded in breaking me. I was broken in body, soul, and spirit.
My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful
spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man
transformed into a brute!" how does this passage portray the mental and emotional state of a slave who
has been dehumanized? What images does the passage bring to mind?

How does gregor feel about his fathers transformation?

How do sotomayor's descriptions of her family most likelyaffect readers?

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader