Read this excerpt from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity. I have often wished myself a beast. I…

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

In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity. I have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Any thing, no matter what, to get rid of thinking! It was this everlasting thinking of my condition that tormented me.

Which statement best describes Douglass's viewpoint?

He wishes other enslaved persons could learn to read as he has.
He is angered by the slow learning of the enslaved persons he knows.
He is frustrated by his awareness of the injustice of slavery.
He regrets the fact that his mistress stopped teaching him.