... animals is placed into our minds and is set for an idea to shape the life of Frederick Douglass. Douglass also gives accounts of the horrific treatment of slaves by the plantation owners. He describes how at times a master would seem to take great pleasure in whipping a slave and how he woke up many times from the screams of his fellow companions. He mentions the tangible blood and shrieks to emphasize the pain and torture of a human being. This slave bleeds like any other person and so it is easier for us to become concerned while reading the quote. Douglass's brutal description of slave life reaches a climax when he comes under the care of the slave-breaker Mr. Covey. One day when Douglass has reached beyond the point of true exhaustion and collapses sick, Mr. Covey discovers him. After kicking Douglass several times, Covey got ...

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