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In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass exposes the brutal. Inhumane treatment of slaves that he himself was forced to endure. And witness firsthand by recounting his experiences as a slave as well as his quest to find freedom. He takes the reader on a journey in the life of a slave…

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” Maya Angelou said that very famous quote about home. She captured the absolute comfort and safety of a home. The pure essence of a home. A home is usually seen as house…

Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, portrays the lives of impoverished and wealthy mothers. It shows the struggle that many mothers went through no matter their economic status. Frank’s mother being from the low end of the spectrum has many difficulties, such as taking on both parental roles of the mother and father in the house. At…

Elie’s experience going through concentration camps during the Holocaust at only fifteen years old gives him a unique perspective on human rights. Elie Wiesel, the author of the memoir Night, became a Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1986 for his advocacy of human rights 41 years after the Holocaust. He was without basic human rights…

In the memoir, Night by Elie Wiesel (September, 1960), the protagonist discovers that, even though he is in a rough situation and everyone around him is beginning to give up on themselves, he still maintains his faith and goal in mind and continues to endure what he does and tries to overcome the situation. Told…