Frederick Douglass Importance Of Knowledge

Theme: The idea of having wisdom will increase your chance to get out of a certain situation. Napolean Hill once said, " The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit on knowledge. A common theme in " The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass " and the article " The Importance of Knowledge " is that knowledge is the only way out of a situation. In the narrative, it states that Frederick would go out and educate himself in order not only to free himself but also his fellow slaves. Once he had learned to read and write, he would teach his fellow slaves what he knew in order to get to freedom. Douglass states, " I taught them, because it was the delight of my soul to be doing something that looked bettering the condition