Question

Read this excerpt from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

I used to talk this matter of slavery over with them. I would sometimes say to them, I wished I could be as free as they would be when they got to be men. "You will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life! Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?" These words used to trouble them; they would express for me the liveliest sympathy, and console me with the hope that something would occur by which I might be free.

What is the children’s attitude toward Douglass?

A. They are annoyed by his thought-provoking question.
B. They hope he will learn to be happy, no matter what happens.
C. They are convinced that he should remain enslaved.
D. They wish his fate could be as favorable as their own.

Answer 1

d

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The answer is D. They wish his fate could be as favorable as their own.

I say this because the childeren don't do or say anything to infer being anoyed. They arent saying anything about him being a slave. Which leaves us with B and D and what leads me to lean twards D is that the passage said that they would console him with the hope that something would occur by which I might be free, which infferes that they wish him to be free.