Why does Douglass state that “education and slavery were incompatible with each other”?
There wasn’t time for slaves to go to school; they had too much work to do
Being educated meant that slaves might question their existence and try to escape <---?
Slaves do not need an education to perform the work required by their masters
Once Douglass learns to read he writes, “It had given me a view of my wretched condition, without the remedy. It opened my eyes to the horrible pit, but no ladder upon which to get out. In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity. I have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Anything, no matter what, to get rid of thinking! It was this everlasting thinking of my condition that tormented me.”
What has Douglass now realized?
It would have been better to not learn to read because reading distracts him from his work
He wishes that he was an animal because then, he would not be a slave
Reading made him understand his situation and thinking about it torments him <---