And to cap the climax of their base ingratitude and fiendish barbarity, my grandmother, who was now very old, having outlived my old master and all his children, having seen the beginning and end of all of them, and her present owners finding she was of but little value, her frame already racked with the pains of old age, and complete helplessness fast stealing over her once active limbs, they took her to the woods, built her a little hut, put up a little mud chimney, and then made her welcome to the privilege of supporting herself there in perfect loneliness; thus virtually turning her out to die!
How does Douglass use imagery in the excerpt to emphasize how old and weak his grandmother is?
He claims that the slaveholders are “virtually turning her out to die.”
He points out that she is “supporting herself there in perfect loneliness.”
He explains that the slaveholders found that “she was of little value.”
He describes her body as being “racked with the pains of old age.”
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Douglass’s use of the words “welcome,” “privilege,” and “perfect” have in the above paragraph as:
They are used sarcastically to emphasize the cruel treatment of his grandmother.
Fredrick Douglass wrote his own account of life in which he mentioned about the ills of slavery and about the hardships which the slaves had to undergo. He had tried to expose the cruelty of slavery which doesn't spare anyone born in a black family. He points out the idea that a slave is a form of property owned by the master and he possesses full control over him. Douglass fought for equal rights given to the Blacks to vote. He also wanted equal rights for women including the White women to vote and wanted fair public education granted to everyone.
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