These trials, of course, are the events that led to his absolvement from slavery. As a slave who could read and write, Douglass had the ability to comprehend things that the others could not and he was forced to have courage in order to help the others understand, which perfectly parallels the concept that Cooke is pursuing in her article. The ideas she presents can be considered plausible because, upon further research, Cooke is found to be a professor at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska who specializes in pragmatism, philosophy of science, and American philosophy.
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She then goes on to analyze it and provides background context to provide the reader with a better understanding of what was happening around Douglass during the time he wrote his story. While the summary portion of this article is important due to its relationship to the original text, the analysis portion has far more significance. There are several key moments and events that she looks into, however only two are of importance to the comparison of Douglass to Plato. This, of course, is the fight with Mr. Covey and Douglass learning to read and