URGENT PLEASE DEFINE THIS QUOTE AND ANALYZE THE MEANING 10 POINTS
“It is not light that we need but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” - Fredrick Douglas

Explain what this quote means.

In the quote, Fredrick Douglas compares the gentle and calm to the destructive and dangerous. A lightbulb and fire both provide light, but fire is riskier. A gentle shower would be calming, the roar of thunder frightens people and even animals. Douglas says “We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake” Douglas’s point is that we need the negative along with the positive. There has to be balance with the good and the bad.