The narrative of Frederick Douglass illustrates the life of a slave. He was not an ordinary slave.
             Indeed he dreamed of freedom, just as all slaves did, but there was something about Frederick
             Douglass made him different. He dreamed of an education. It was this education that made
             him be different. It was the knowledge that gave him self-awareness that he was a man just as
             a white man was. It gave him the will to run away and live on his own. He no longer wanted to
             subject himself to the punishment of the overseer. This knowledge brought him the strength to
             stand up to those who thought themselves superior to him. It changed his personality and the
             notion of his own self. In this paper, I will discuss the changing self-image, the personality, the
             instances that reflect these changes, and the point of the autobiography of Frederick Douglass.
             Frederick Douglass's notion of self in the novel revolve around the life that he lived. If it
             weren't for certain aspects of his life, he wouldn't have thought about himself as he did. Slavery
             scarred him just as other slaves. He was treated as property so he felt as property. In him
             lied no burning desire for something better at an early age. He never fought or protested. He
             merely went along with his work hoping that he would not be subjected to the overseer's whip.
             His notion of self at this time, as I said, was that of a normal slave - property. All he knew was
             the slave world. He did not even know the love of a true family. He quotes, "I never saw my
             mother, to know her as such, more than four or five times in my life" His father was a white
             man, so naturally he never saw him, since he had African blood in him.
             Frederick Douglass never had the upbringing of a loved child. He was never taught that
             he was special or unique in the world. He just knew that if he didn't work hard enough or do
             what master said, the whip would crack. This all reflected on h...