Punctuation In Frederick Douglass
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Douglass uses specific punctuation such as dashes and commas the achieve his point that there are many hardships of being a newly freed slave. Douglass uses dashes and commas to drag out the sentences, making it a longer read for the reader. Douglass writes, “I say, let him place himself in my situation- without home or friend- without money or credit- wanting shelter.” Each dash makes the sentence longer and longer, which symbolizes the long effects of slavery that is burdened on Douglass as a free man. Douglass uses much shorter sentences in the beginning: “But the loneliness overcame me”. The comparison between the two types of sentences suggest that when Douglass was free, he was happy for a short time. Yet, as he uses longer sentences