(25 Points) Can someone please help me with these 2 questions. It'll be the best of help! Thanks! How does Douglass use parallelism in this excerpt? "The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth [of] July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn."

1.) To reinforce his authority and establish his credibility as someone knowledgeable about slavery
2.) To provide his listeners with important background information about slavery in America
3.) To create contrast by highlighting the differences between his experiences and his audience's experiences
4.) To present compelling evidence for his claim that the Fourth of July should not be celebrated as a day of freedom

How does Douglass use parallelism in this excerpt? "America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. Standing with God and the crushed and bleeding slave on this occasion, I will, in the name of humanity which is outraged, in the name of liberty which is fettered, in the name of the constitution and the Bible, which are disregarded and trampled upon, dare to call in question and to denounce, with all the emphasis I can command, everything that serves to perpetuate slavery—the great sin and shame of America!"

1.) To establish that as a former slave he has the authority to discuss this topic
2.) To communicate important background information about slavery in America
3.) To present compelling evidence in defense of America’s legacy of slavery
4.) To emphasize his claim that slavery should have no place in the land of the free