Read this excerpt from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

From that moment, I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom. It was just what I wanted, and I got it at a time when I the least expected it. Whilst I was saddened by the thought of losing the aid of my kind mistress, I was gladdened by the invaluable instruction which, by the merest accident, I had gained from my master. Though conscious of the difficulty of learning without a teacher, I set out with high hope, and a fixed purpose, at whatever cost of trouble, to learn how to read.

Which statement best describes Douglass's viewpoint?

He believes his master has a map that will reveal an escape route.
He is determined that reading and knowledge will be his keys to freedom.
He is optimistic about finding a new reading teacher in the community.
He is disappointed that his mistress has chosen a new pupil.

"The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" is a memoir written by a former African-American slave that includes narratives of the events related to his life as a slave and the way he pursues his freedom. In the case of the excerpt presented, Douglass describes the way in which he learned to read about this he comments it was difficult to complete this purpose without a teacher especially after he did not have the help of his mistress, but besides this he really wanted to learn how to read and through this task he discovers "the pathway from slavery to freedom". This means Douglass point of view in this excerpt shows he believed reading contributed to his main purpose of achieving freedom or that "He is determined that reading and knowledge will be his keys to freedom" and because of this despite the difficulties of the task he wanted to learn how to read.