Compare and contrast the following two quotations: "the right to swing my fist ends at where your nose begins." and "to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."

Answer and Explanation:

We have two quotiations to analyze:

Both quotations are actually more similar to each other than they may look at first glance. They are both talking of being free. The first one does it metaphorically while the second one says the same thing in a more direct way.

What they basically mean is: we are all free. But, for our freedom to be worth something, we should respect the fact that other people are free as well. I do have the right to swing my fist, to cast off my chains. I can do anything I want... unless I begin to harm others. When I harm others - when I hit their nose or put chains around their limbs -, I'm making them prisoners, less free than myself. If I would not like that - being a prisoner, having my nose hit - for myself, I should not think of doing that to others.

the water represents a powerful force, and supports the idea that farquhar cannot escape his fate.

explanation:

        its hard for some people to get along and that’s the case for douglass and canot. most of the time when people do not agree with each other its because they have different presperctives, and that is the case here.

captain canot was never a slave so but he was a slaver and a slave ship captain and just like the slave master's he tought it was it was totally normal, he used captain conot is a cruel man who enjoys whipping slaves but never   got whipped he saw it has a destiny for the slave to be a slave and the slaver to be a slaver   but douglass has suffered whoppings cut   even for no reason sometimes. douglass believed that slavery was not natural to black people, they need to study and learn how to read and write. he knew they have rights.

it was really not the captain’s fault he was just brainwashed by the system and when your brainwashed by the system its hard not to be brainwashed. but the reason douglass wants this is because he has suffered he knows how it feels and will do anything to stop that.