Rhetorical Analysis Of All Men Are Created Equal

All men are created equal, but not all are treated the same as others might. Imagine being in invisible handcuffs with no possible way of escaping. You appear free, but in reality, your trapped. Slaves are stuck, trapped and certainly not treated like others. Not only do they not have freedom, but they don't have the same rights as other people do. For instance, a white person can tell you exactly when their birthday is, but slaves have no idea because they're not allowed to know. In the Narrative the life of Frederick Douglas, Douglas helps to try and convince his audience that the American idea of "All Men are Created Equal" isn't so true. By telling his life story and his opinions he expresses what he truly feels about the idea.

Forward more, Douglas particularly stretches what he believes by using phrases similar to when he states, " I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege." In this phrase Douglas explains how the white people have the privilege to know exactly when and where they were born, but slaves on the other hand either have an estimate or no idea when and where they were born. This is not the only instance where Douglas has stated or inferenced that

something was unfair to him about being a slave. Notably, Douglas states, "This is the inevitable result". This quote is when Douglas explains how his mom and him were separated at birth and that it's common for slaves and their parents to be separated.

Additionally, Douglas also tries to change the way people think about what it means to be dedicated to the American idea that all men are created equal by telling his readers about the hardships and harsh lives that slaves have to live with.

As for clarification Douglas states in the text, "Here, too, the slaves of all the other farms received their monthly allowance of food, and their yearly clothing." The fact that slaves receive monthly allowances says a lot about how they are treated. From knowing this information, you can inference that slaves aren't living the same as anyone other human being that may be free, but that they are forced to live like this. Conversely, the idea that all men are created equal differs from the way slaves are living and demolishes the whole

idea.

At any rate the statement all men are created equal, never qualified towards Douglas and any other slave. They weren't living like others and never had the ability to escape and live how they would like to. No matter what the slaves were never treated on the same level as a free person was and proves the irony in the American idea that all men are created equal.