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Frederick Douglass Cookies Character Analysis

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The author’s message in Cookies is to get the reader to take things more lightly and not as serious. This message is demonstrated well when Douglass comments about the man who supposedly took his cookies. “The thing I particularly like about this story... only he doesn’t have the punch line” (Adams 1). Rather than being upset at the fact that he took the man’s cookies Douglass finds the positive element in the story and considers it humorous. Therefore, the author’s message is to find the humor in otherwise unfavorable situations like Douglas did with the cookies. The author portrays himself, Douglas Adams, as a dynamic character throughout the story. This can be proven by Douglas’ thoughts about the matter before and after he had realized

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