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Starting on a journey of any sort requires a final goal and steps to get there. In all three stories the main character was on a journey to change or better himself. Frederick Douglass’ goal was to become a free man. The Bicentennial man’s goal was to be accepted for who he was in society and the Invisible Man’s goal was to find himself in the world. Each character had a similar journey to reach his goal but different ways to reach it. It is like that saying, “There is more then one way to skin a cat.” In the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass’ goal was to become free from slavery. He embarked on his journey with three tasks to complete. These tasks were to find others with his ideas, to tell other people about his ideas and to go through changes in himself. The one thing that Douglass needed to complete these tasks was an education. He needed to be educated in academics but also in the ways of the world. Being educated in academics allowed Douglass to express his ideas to others and read these of others. Social education allowed Douglass the ability to change himself. He learned how he was viewed in society and this helped him understand a way to change others ideas about slavery. An example of