Select two sentences in the passage that best show how Mr. Auld appeals to Mrs. Auld's concern for the well-being of the narrator, Frederick Douglass.

excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

"Very soon after I went to live with Mr. and Mrs. Auld, she very kindly commenced to teach me the A, B, C. After I had learned this, she assisted me in learning to spell words of three or four letters. Just at this point of my progress, Mr. Auld found out what was going on, and at once forbade Mrs. Auld to instruct me further, telling her, among other things, that it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read. . . . “Now,” said he, “if you teach that [slave] (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him as it would forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master. As to himself, it could do him no good, but a great deal of harm. It would make him discontented and unhappy.”

Mr. Auld is against Mrs. Auld teaching the narrator, Frederick Douglass, to read due to the fact that he is a slave. There are two clear sentences that show concern for the well-being of the narrator:

1. Mr. Auld found out what was going on, and at once forbade Mrs. Auld to instruct me further, telling her, among other things, that it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read.

2. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master.

This two sentences show why Mr. Auld fears and worries that Mrs. Auld teach Frederick how to read and write. During the time there was slavery in the United States it was illegal for a slave to know how to write and read as reading could lead the slave aspire to freedom or rebellion. Using Mr. Auld words, it was unlawful and unsafe for a slave to aspire to such things as they became unmanageable and it could lead to the death of the slave. Therefore, Mr. Auld was thinking about what was illegal and even life-threatening to Frederick.