In the passage by Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Douglass uses an ethical appeal when referring to the moral behavior of human beings treating each other as human beings ought to treat one another. This is effective because the statement appeals to the way human beings should behave toward each other and during slavery times not all people thought that way.
Douglass also appeals to emotion by portraying his mistress as a kind, warm and tender hearted woman that cared for others by feeding the hungry and clothing the naked. He also appeals to emotion by using words like “lamb-like dispositions” and “tiger-like fierceness”. This is effective because it made me feel the kindness of the mistress and feel sad that she changed or lost the kind qualities during the time Douglass lived with her as a slave.
The rational appeal of Douglass is shown as he states slavery as “injurious” to himself and the chief cause of the change in his mistress’s disposition. This is effective because it appeals to the logical effects that slavery had on individuals, changing personalities from “lamb-like” to “tiger-like”.
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