Table of Contents
- 1 Why does Mr Auld not allow MRS to continue to teach Douglass?
- 2 Why would Hugh Auld be so against Douglass learning to read write?
- 3 Why does Frederick call Mr Aulds forbidden learning to read invaluable instruction?
- 4 How does Mrs Auld try to inhibit Douglass from learning to read and write how does he succeed in attaining his aim?
- 5 How and why does Mrs Auld’s behavior towards Douglass change?
- 6 What does Mrs Auld think about Douglass reading?
Why does Mr Auld not allow MRS to continue to teach Douglass?
When Douglass was about twelve, Hugh Auld’s wife Sophia started teaching him the alphabet. She was breaking the law against teaching slaves to read. When Hugh Auld discovered this, he strongly disapproved, saying that if a slave learned to read, he would become dissatisfied with his condition and desire freedom.
Why would Hugh Auld be so against Douglass learning to read write?
Why does Frederick call Mr Aulds forbidden learning to read invaluable instruction?
Why does Douglass call Mr. Auld’s forbidding his learning how to read “invaluable instruction”? It showed him that learning prevented him from advancing. His ignorance is what made him easy to control.
Why did Mr and Mrs Auld not want Frederick to learn how do you read?
Auld forbids his wife from teaching Frederick Douglass how to read. She doesn’t like it when Frederick adopts a posture of cringing servility towards her, but it’s all he knows. Mrs. Auld has never owned a slave before, so she has no experience of how most owners treat their slaves.
Why does Douglass refer to Mr Auld’s act of forbidding to let him learn to read as invaluable instruction?
Why does Frederick call Mr. Auld’s forbidding his learning how to read “invaluable instruction” (p. Education and knowledge- he wants to be smarter to teach the other slaves; the more the slave owners tell him that he can’t learn and that he’ll be forever stupid, he wants to learn even more.
How does Mrs Auld try to inhibit Douglass from learning to read and write how does he succeed in attaining his aim?
Auld try to inhibit Douglass from learning to read and write? Mrs. Auld snatchs away newspapers from FD and keeps a watchful eye on him. The “thing” that influences Douglass is, well he is scared that he would be found by a white man and then turned in to his master, bearing consequences.
How and why does Mrs Auld’s behavior towards Douglass change?
How does Mrs. Auld’s opinion toward Douglass change? Who is hurt more by the change? Changed from being warm and kindhearted to being cold and harsh, the Auld Family is more hurt by this because in a sense they lose part of their humanity in being bitter.
What does Mrs Auld think about Douglass reading?
(b) What does Mrs. Auld initially think about Douglass’s reading? She treated him kindly and taught him the alphabet.