Reading Skills
Comparing Points of View Across Texts
The readings in this section describe several ways by which human beings
opposed the horrors of slavery. In order to compare these points of
view, make a chart like the one below. For each reading, note how
slavery is opposed, and then describe the writer's point of view.
Selection
Narrative of the Life
of Frederick Douglass
Opposition to Slavery
Endures beating;
complains to "master";
fights Covey
Point of View
Defiant resistance revives
dignity and hope for
freedom.