Frederick Douglass Ignorance

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Angelisa Diaz 9/2/17 AP English Language and Composition 2nd period Theme: Ignorance can lead to a depth of curiosity One theme found in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is that ignorance can lead to a depth of curiosity. In his autobiography, Douglass has an eagerness of wanting to know more information from anything that surrounds, and that his “…want of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness…”. Douglass want for knowledge is obstruct by his master’s deprivation of information to his slaves. When in Baltimore, Mrs. Auld was teaching Frederick the ABCs and teaching him how to write. Once Master Auld found out about this he was enraged and told Mrs. Auld that “learning would spoil the best nigger in the world”. Once Douglass heard this he understood what knowledge can do. Douglass’s ignorance lead to curiosity from which lead to knowledge. In the news article “The Case for Teaching Ignorance”, Marlys H. Witte, a college professor, suggested teaching a class called “Introduction to Medical and Other Ignorance”. Marlys wanted her students to “…recognize the limits of knowledge and to appreciate that questions often deserve as much attention to answers”. Many people didn’t agree with Marlys H. Witte, but many scientist and sociologist have agreed with her. Sociologist, Linsey McGoey, has said “…students …show more content…

“The Rise of Black Lives Matter: Trying to Break the Cycle of Violence and Silence*.” Scoopnest, 28 Dec. 2015, www.scoopnest.com/user/CNN/681462281293660160-the-rise-of-black-lives-matter-trying-to-break-the-cycle-of-violence-and-silence. Holmes, Jamie. “Opinion | The Case for Teaching Ignorance.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 24 Aug. 2015, www.nytimes.com/2015/08/24/opinion/the-case-for-teaching-ignorance.html?mcubz=3 Sullivan, Andrew. “This Is a Religious War.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 6 Oct. 2001,

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