In the recent Co. vid 19 Pandemic, the RGV experienced a severe outbreak of the virus. Hidalgo County Judge instituted extreme lock-down orders for "non-essential" businesses, family gatherings, and even automobile travel. These orders differed from the direction given by the Texas Governor's Office. Should city government officials have the authority to shut down small businesses and local establishments, keeping people out of their workplaces for extended periods of time? What questions come to mind when you read the excerpt above?

Read these sentences from the excerpt: i would sometimes say to them, i wished i could be as free as theywould be when they got to be men. "you will be free as soon as you aretwenty-one, but i am a slave for life! have not l as good a right to befree as you have? how does the use of a rhetorical question advance the author's purposeof showing that all people deserve freedom? it shows the reader that douglass is unsure of hisstatements.it indicates that douglass believes he deserves freedom.oit demonstrates that douglass is questioning his beliefs.it reminds the reader that some questions areunanswerable