is also encouraged to identify with the slaves' misery and suffering.
Douglass' uses detailed descriptions throughout his narrative to establish and maintain the dominant impression he is trying to share with the reader. The reader is not lost in irrelevant details. Each paragraph supports the main theme of the body of the work. Even when Douglass compares and contrasts the slave owners, he makes it clear that even with the best of owners, the situation is inhumane.
As a narrative, Douglass does a good job of keeping the point of view consistent. The overall theme of slavery is the controlling idea and the theme is consistently supported throughout the story. The pace of the story is even and moves smoothly through the circumstances in Douglass' life. Douglass does not repeat the same type of event, but uses mix of occurrences in the slaves' life which make the people, places and happenings more vivid. The reader gains a more comprehensive overview of slavery as a result of Douglass writing skill.
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