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SCENE 4-2b : The first ‘severe whipping’…

First severe whipping at he hands of Mr. Covey. Many more followed and after 6 months Frederick felt that he’d been reduced to a shadow of his former self, sensing that ignorance was closing in, despondency was rising within making him neglect the desire to read and to learn. The fire inside was all but extinguished

Frederick recounts the occasion that led to his first severe whipping at he hands of Mr. Covey

Many more were to follow and after 6 months Frederick felt that he’d been reduced to a shadow of his former self, sensing that ignorance was closing in, despondency was rising within making him neglect the desire to read and to learn.

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The fire inside was all but extinguished.

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