chapters 2 through 4

reading the four chapters was morbidly depressing, especially when Douglass talks of when Mr. severe whipped that lady and she bled for a half hour while her kids watched it. and yet the depression continues as he writes of the songs they sing as they are like prayers of freedom. also that the people of the north had thought they were happy songs, but it is "impossible to conceive a greater mistake". in chapter 3, it sounds like hes adding some positive information to his story, only to be cut down by explaining no one could be near the garden without being punished severely. this Mr. Loyd is a very rich man, and is compared to Job, he had so many slaves he did not know them, nor likewise. this lead to a slave telling of his hardships to him where he was then taken away to another trader in Georgia. the slaves would never have freedom of speech because the slave owners would send in spies to see if the slaves are speaking against them. the next chapter is just like the others, its about him explaining who his owners were and so forth. Douglass seems to stick with the same subject, but there is a limit. he used three whole chapters to explain the whole thing. this entire packet is just the same thing over and over. i think that's the only thing i don't like about this narrative, i like its deepness in its explination, but it just repeats itself too much.