Why is the climax of Douglass’s story the incident with Covey and not the actual escape from slavery?

How does the genre of the Narrative—a main character who tells his own true story—affect the reader?

You have been taking notes on the main ideas in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass throughout this unit. Get those pages out now. Using your notes, explain two of these main ideas and trace their development throughout the text. Which of the main ideas does Douglass use most effectively? Use textual evidence to support your answer.