What conflicts are evident in Mrs. Auld's changing behavior toward Douglass in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?

In my mind, the number one element that is brought out through
Sophia Auld's character is the reality the society of the slaveowner is constructed to be
diametrically opposed to the slave's. When Sophia teaches Douglass how to read and write, it
forces a contradiction between the social orders. A slaveowner, or white society, is not meant to
do anything to benefit or empower the slaves, black society. In this construction, conflict
presents itself when Sophia teaches Douglass how to read and write because such a trait empowers
slaves to break free from their slaveowners, causing challenge to white society who benefits from
the imbalance of social and political power. Sophia's action earns rebuke from her husband, and
her kindness turns into cruelty, demonstrating that the social and political division is
intensely ingrained. This helps to bring out that it will take a great deal of commitment from
individuals to change such a social and political order, something to which Douglass devoted his
life after achieving his freedom.