essay topic

my essay topic was how owning a slave can change a person. i must use frederick douglass' narrative to prove my points. my main argument is that people become cruel and make those around them cruel also. there are countless names in the narrative that describes the person as cruel, or, that person becoming cruel by either owning the slave or being with or around those who do. this new found cruelness is like a plauge, once you get it, you can spread it to other people, like when the master turned his misstress cruel when she tried to teach douglass how to read.