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11 pages in length. The writer discusses how those in supposedly "minority" positions could be said to have used "dominant" discourse for their own purposes; the virtues and the problems involved in the American tendency to make the single "self" somehow representative for everybody else; and Lincoln's vision of community. Included in the discussion are views from Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglass, Cabeza de Vaca, Cherokee Memorials and the Federalist Papers. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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in supposedly minority positions could be said to have used dominant discourse for their own purposes. Douglass personal account is an especially poignant dominant discourse when one considers the
fact that the author secretly taught himself to read and write. With that in mind, one can imagine how difficult it must have been to acquire such an education
without making ones efforts obvious. Douglass was instrumental in the entire abolitionist movement, as he was one of the first black men to raise his voice in public.
Such unfashionable behavior is what helped to set the stage for all other slave retaliation and ultimate freedom. Douglass book portrays a man living within himself in order to
escape the atrocities of life; if not able to retreat far from the ravages of slavery, it is fair to surmise that many like Douglass would not have been able
to endure such torment. The author is highly successful in reaffirming the greatness of spirit and incredible intellectual depth he possessed during this physical and emotionally trying time.
Douglass was representative of the inherent struggle of being a slave, a self-made man who devoted his life to equal rights for both African
Americans and women. Self-realization is one of the main concepts behind Douglass narrative; possessing the ability to read the written word bestowed upon Douglass the necessary qualifications of inner
freedom, granting him the opportunity to express all his penned up emotion. Becoming literate was also a way for Douglass to view life from a very different - if
not dominant - perspective, one that gave him the courage to fight for his freedom. "The reading of these documents enabled me to utter my thoughts and to meet
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