Question

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

The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness. Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every sound, and seen in every thing. It was ever present to torment me with a sense of my wretched condition. I saw nothing without seeing it, I heard nothing without hearing it, and felt nothing without feeling it. It looked from every star, it smiled in every calm, breathed in every wind, and moved in every storm.

What inference can be drawn about Douglass in this excerpt?

His new ideas are upsetting to his fellow enslaved persons.
He wants to read more about personal freedoms.
His new ideas prevent him from getting his work done.
He is unable to ignore the appeal of freedom.

Answer 1

The answer must be D

Step-by-step explanation:

I'm sure thinking about freedom gave him mixed emotions, if he thought about freedom he could either be happy thinking about freedom but then be sad because he realizes that he's not a free man.

Answer 2

He is unable to ignore the appeal of freedom.

Step-by-step explanation:

An "inference" refers to a conclusion based on the evidences gathered or presented.

Frederick Douglas is an American abolitionist and social reformer. He's popular for escaping slavery in Maryland. He had a few escape attempts before successfully gaining his freedom.

The quote above was spoken by Douglas when he carefully thought about his condition as a slave and how it tormented him. As he became more educated and started reading books, he was awakened of the horrors of being a slave. Thus, he realized that he needed to escape and do something about slavery. Upon escaping, he settled with his wife and became an abolitionist and preacher.