Answer:
He finds a reason to hope for the future
Explanation:
Learning to read provided Douglass with an outlet, hope. By learning to read, he doesn't grow to hate slavery, he doesn't grow to hate white people, and it wasn't a way of him escaping his misery. Learning to read provided light at the end of a tunnel, gave him hope for the future.
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