Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
What effect does Douglass's use of the words
"welcome." "privilege." and "perfect" have in this
paragraph?
And, to cap the climax of their base ingratitude and
fiendish barbarity, my grandmother, who was now very
old, having outlived my old master and all his children,
having seen the beginning and end of all of them, and
her present owners finding she was of but little value,
her frame already racked with the pains of old age, and
complete helplessness fast stealing over her once
active limbs, they took her to the woods, built her a little
hut, put up a little mud-chimney, and then made her
welcome to the privilege of supporting herself there in
perfect loneliness, thus virtually turning her out to die!
O They are used sarcastically to emphasize the cruel
treatment of his grandmother.
O They provide a contrast between the wealthy,
powerful master and the enslaved person.
O They demonstrate the kind treatment Douglass's
grandmother received from her master.
O They are used to describe Douglass's
grandmother's dreams of one day being set free.