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Frederick Douglass's life is very similar to the life of the Prisoner in the Allegory of the Cave. Both are born into captivity and restraints without any knowledge of the "actual world." They only have minor perception of the world. The prisoner's is the shadows on the wall. Douglass's shadows are small examples of freedom, such as working in a different location, small holidays, or more food. But soon once they escape, they see the light and go back to help those who have not left. Neither are allowed to see the outside world and have no idea of its true nature, only what they imagine it is like. Both characters soon had an education--the prisoners being the sunlight--that allowed them to escape. Douglass received his when he went to Baltimore. He was taught the alphabet and had a better life. His education allowed him to help other slaves escape as well. Both characters do not believe what they see at first, and when they tell others they are reluctant also.

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Although Fredrick Douglass's and the prisoner from the Allegory lived completely different lives. They had many similarities in principal. Fredrick Douglass and the man from the Cave were both prisoners. However, they were different kinds of prisoners, Douglass, on one hand, was a slave forced to everything with no rights. The man from the cave had the freedom to make a world of his own ideas, for example deciding what each shadow meant. Another significant difference is that Douglass wanted freedom. This is very contrary to the prisoner, were at the beginning at least they were scared of freedom. The idea of being scared of freedom also relates to what the slave masters were trying to accomplish. The masters made holidays where they encouraged the slaves to drink a superfluous amount of alcohol. The next day the slaves would have an extreme hangover and would, in theory, think that if freedom is like that (The hangover) then I do not want it (freedom). Lastly they both tried to share their experiences and discoveries. In Douglass's case, he tries to tell his master about master Covey. The prisoner tried to share his experiences to his 'friends' who were left in the cave. They were both ignored.

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In the history of the Earth people have attempted to impose their power over others in an attempt to protect and shield what they feel is a correct society. The people that are subject to discrimination rely on others to unlock their potential, then are able to continue to grow in intellect and freedom. Fredrick Douglass and the freed prisoner in the Allegory share similarities in their life of relying on the more powerful for assistance of knowing how to gain knowledge and to understand the world. For example Douglass needed Mrs. Auld to teach him to read and write for him to be able to increase his writing and reading skills. Just like the freed prisoner relied on a person of higher power and intellect to drag him from the dark pit and into the light. This was then followed by the slave of darkness starting to perceive the light in his own way by first, "discern the shadows and, after that, the likeness or reflections in water of men or other things, and later, the things themselves, and from these he would go on to contemplate the appearances in the heavens and heaven itself, more easily by night, looking at the light of the starts and moon, than by day the sun and the sun's light." This also is comparable to Fredrick Douglass, because his actual object was when he read The Columbian Orator, which opened Douglass's mind on the reasons why he disapproved of slavery on political and mental reasons rather than just physical reasons. The ways that Douglass expanded his education of reading and writing after the person of higher power, Mrs. Auld, taught him to read and write was, “During this time my copy-books was the board fence, brick wall, and pavement; my pen and ink was a lump of chalk.” He would also continue his learning by trading bread for learning to read and write from poor white children. The freed prisoner in the Allegory will continue to infer once he is dragged out into, "He would infer and conclude that this it is that provides the seasons and the courses of the year and presides over all things in the visible region." Both Douglass and the Freed Slave will then begin to feel pity for their people in bondage and begin to realize that without the people in power helping them slightly to escape from bondage that they would be in the same situation. Douglass states when he traveled to Baltimore that, "It is possible, and even quite probable, that but for the mere circumstance of being removed from that plantation to Baltimore, I should have to-day, instead of being here seated by my own table, in the enjoyment of freedom and the happiness of home, writing this Narrative, been confined in the galling chains of slavery." The freed slave even attempts to enlighten his former bond member, but is rejected due to the slave members being programmed like the slaves to lie about their situation being better than freedom.

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Douglass's life is similar to the prisoner from the Allegory of the Cave. They are both people who are controlled by another person, such as a slaveholder or the people putting images on the cave wall. The people in control decide exactly how their slave/prisoner lives their life. Slaveholders decide the work a slave does, their punishments, and every part of their lives. The people keeping the prisoners in their cave construct a false reality around the prisoners, which they believe is all there is to life. Unlike most other slaves, Douglass strongly believes that he is meant to be free, but other slaves are not willing to risk their lives for a chance at a better life, similar to how the other prisoners would rather stay in their false reality. In a way, Douglass was forced to face a new world when he was brought to Baltimore to see life outside of the plantation he grew up on, the same way the prisoner was dragged outside the cave. After experiencing this new, better reality, Douglass and the prisoner try to help others to do the same, but are ridiculed by the majority for being different

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Douglass's life is similar to the Anne Frank's life because like Douglass Anne Frank was limited where she could go and be when she was not in hiding and when she was. The Nazis had labeled the places where they could work, and where they could go. This is like Douglass's life because he was a slave. Also Anne Frank and her family had the issue if they should hide or just surrender herself to the Nazis when they would come. For her the decision was very obvious to hide and try to survive instead of going to the camp and having a smaller chance of living. This is like Douglass's

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Frederick Douglass's life is similar to Harrison Bergeron's in the way that some outside force (the handicapper general and slave masters) tried to stop them from achieving all that they could. For Fredrick it was his masters Mr.& Mrs. Auld who tried to prevent Douglas from learning how to read. Whereas in Harrison Bergeron the Handicapper general tried to limit Harrison by physically weighing him down and imprisoning him. In the end both men were able to escape their oppressors and find freedom.

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Frederick Douglass's life is similar to Harrison Bergeron's, because Douglass was held down by slavery just as Bergeron was held down by handicaps and total world equality. Because of this, both Bergeron and Douglass sought freedom from their bondages. Also, Bergeron and Douglass were both detached from their parents. Harrison had not seen his parents since he was 14, and Douglass's mother was on another plantation, so he rarely saw her. Douglass also had no known father figure, which deepened his division with his family. In addition, both Douglass and Bergeron made speeches against their own form of slavery, although Bergeron was killed because of his speeches. Douglass survived until his death on February 20, 1895. He died as a result of old age.

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Through analysis of both Fredrick Douglass and Vladek Spiegleman, both struggled to get their basic human rights. Vladek Spiegleman was taken by the Germans without his consent for labor with no pay just like Fredrick Douglass. Both had to suffer the separation of their loved ones. Vladek and Anja were separated because of their genders in the camp. Fredrick Dawglass was separated from his grandmother at her final moments of her life.

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Frederick Douglass's life is similar to Anne Frank's life because Frederick Douglass was trapped. Douglass was trapped because he always had to listen to his master or else he would get whipped. Anne Frank was trapped because she was trying to hide from her master (Germans). They are also similar because in the social hierarchy Frederick Douglass was at the bottom because he was an African American and Anne Frank Was also at the bottom of the social hierarchy because she was a Jew. Another way Frederick Douglass and Anne Frank were the same was when Frederick Douglass started learning how to read and write. This is similar to Anne Frank because Anne Frank wrote in a diary and Frederick Douglass also started writing. As a young child both Frederick Douglass and Anne Frank were really responsible because Anne Frank had to live in an annex so she wouldn't die and Frederick Douglass had to live at a time where if he did something wrong he would get whipped for it.

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Frederick's life is very similar to the prisoner in the Allegory in the Cave. In the Allegory, the prisoner in a dark cave and no nothing of the outside world, however, he was then sent to the outside world. Once he outside, the prisoner knew what it felt like to be free and once he was outside he never wanted to go back into the cave. Unfortunately, the prisoner was forced back into the cave, meaning that he was back into nothingness. How this relates to Frederick Douglass is quite simple. Both Frederick and the prisoner were oppressed, Frederick with the slavery and the prisoner with the cave. However, in one point of their lives both came into the light for a short period of time. To give an example, Frederick worked with other people. Even though he could not get all of his wages, Frederick was sill able to get some. In other words, Frederick dipped his toe into the ocean of freedom. Compared to the prisoner in the Allegory this is really similar. While they both experienced some sort of freedom it was not long lasting at all, it was short and fast and after they experienced their sip of freedom they were bulled back by the malevolent arms of oppression. Back into despair both Frederick and the Prisoner decided that freedom is better and that they do not want to be oppressed anymore. However, even on the quest of freedom they did not want to leave their friends behind Frederick and the prisoner tried to convince their friends that their is a better life and they you just have to take it.

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Fredrick Douglass shows a life of struggles and difficulty, like the select prisoner from the Allegory of the cave. Both are placed in and unfair advantage for the very start of their life with Douglass being directly born into slavery and the prisoner being in the cave for as long as he could remember. Even though both were unlucky at the beginning they later were in situations that we considered extremely lucky. For in the Allegory of the cave, the prisoner was lucky enough to be selected out of the multiple men to go out to the world. Also, when Douglass should have been killed, he was lucky enough to have a master that just simply brought him back to Baltimore. With these similarities shared, both are very much alike, but the one main reason they compare is the fact that they tried to help other realize that there is better in the world and life isn't just the slave plantation or the dark cave. Also, when both attempted to share their discoveries, they were immediately brought down and ignored, simply being thought as as lying. Here this shows when Douglass tries to tell his master about master Covey and when the prisoner tells the others in the cave about the light.

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Despite the fact that Douglass and Vladek Spiegelman were in extremely different situations at different points in history, they were both faced with tough decisions after a period of heartache and brokenness. Douglass was faced with the decision of liberty or captivity. He was cognizant of the harmful path that would be ahead if he were to choose to escape. However, being enslaved for the rest of his existence ensured that he would never truly live. Douglass decided that he would take the risk in escape and set out on a journey to freedom. His bravery was tested as he fought and worked for his freedom. On the other hand, Vladek Spiegelman took the opposite approach. After surviving the Holocaust and witnessing extreme persecution, Vladek was faced with a choice. He could choose to believe that everyone was equal, or to believe that one race was superior to the other. If he were to choose that everyone was equal, he would have been placed at the bottom of the social hierarchy, along with everyone else. But, to be racist and choose that his race was superior to others, he would be placed at the top. This decision was definitely a tough one to make, but Vladek chose to believe that he, as a white male, was superior to all African American people. Vladek chose the opposite path than that of Douglass. He allowed for the fear of being at the bottom alter his beliefs, leading him to believe that he was the superior race. This is a common theme in many stories. People are faced with tough decisions and though they probably know which is the correct path to take, sometimes they alter the path and choose the easiest and most comfortable route.

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Through both stories, each character share similar experiences through discrimination and hatred. Like in the Allegory of the Cave, the freed prisoner is similar to Frederick himself. The freed prisoner was held captive in a cave where he experienced much darkness, likewise Douglas was stuck in the "darkness" of slavery until he was set free. The prisoner experienced life outside of the cave where he was able to move freely and see what the world is really about, and when Douglas was set free in Baltimore he gained much knowledge of the outside world. Douglas was born into slavery like the slave who spent most of his life in the cave. Each of them were considered to be fortunate enough to see the other side of the world. Out of many men, this one freed prisoner was selected, and out of millions of slaves Douglas was the one who got to leave to go to Baltimore.

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Though the two lived completely different lives, in different time periods, on different sides of the world, Anne Frank and Frederick Douglass experienced some of the same types of discrimination and persecution. In the Holocaust, Anne was forced into hiding and oppressed because of her being Jewish, even though she was not a very religious person. Despite being forced into a situation that was far from ideal, Anne continued her studies and wrote in her diary. She originally wrote for herself, but after hearing on the radio that war-time diaries could be published, she revised her writing and started to write for a cause bigger than herself. Today, her story inspires people around the world to grab what chances they can, because "All her would-haves are our opportunities (quote from the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam)." Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, but was later taught to read. When his mistress would no longer continue to teach him, he would do whatever it took to get the books to learn. Eventually, once he learned to read, he would teach others, secretly, and spread his knowledge. He was able to escape from the prison of slavery, but he never forgot his chains. Both Anne Frank and Frederick Douglass have inspired people with their writing and rhetoric to push beyond their comfort zones and into the unknown.

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Fredrick life is similar to the life of the prisoner in the Allegory of the Cave. They are similar because Fredrick was held in the "darkness of slavery" and the masters gave them "freedom" on the holidays to show what "freedom" is like. This however was terribly inaccurate because they encouraged the slaves to get drunk and wasted to show that slavery was a good thing and that freedom was a bad thing.  They did the same in the cave by awarding prizes to the ones who could recognize the shadows the fastest. When Fredrick was exposed to the light of freedom he found out how good it was just like