Summary Of Olaudah Equiano
When you read Olaudah Equiano's passages of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa - the African - written by Olaudah you should remember that the sheets in the collection are elements of a more broad composition.
The author's account commence as he is presenting the audience to the person / male prior to obtain a brief look of the person in bondage. The author guarantees the audience that he is not trying to gain prestige. He commences by letting the audience know that he is not a great person nor a bully or a holy figure.
The story commences with information about the author's relatives and culture. The audience is informed that Olaudah was born in 1745 in Nigeria in a town called Essaka in the kingdom
Benin. Olaudah's dad held a very high rank in Essaka and was perhaps of blue blod. The village is portrayed as being remote and the author seem not to be acquainted with white people i.e. people from Europe or the sea. Olaudah has five sibling i.e. four brothers and one sister. He is the youngest and has a very close relationship with his mother and sister. There are very strong family connections in Olaudah's culture which also entails dance and ritual tattoos to portray rank. Olaudah record the gap separating his native culture from the invaders. The listeners are being convinced that his tribe exercised circumcision. Also the native cleaned their hands prior to a meal and were not brutal. The woman were expected to be reserved and obey a religion that involved sacrifies in varying shape. The author's culture undertook bondage as a possible establishment. Olaudah's dad had a couple of hundred slaves himself. When Olaudah approached 11 he had a so called practical view of the dangers that were lurking. He and the other children of the village had set up a observation post as a defense while their parents were working outside the village. Olaudah report of how he and his sister were captured appears motionless and than his tries start. The author seem to address the Christian audience directly in order to plead for the their feelings. He exposes detailed, graphic and intense illustration of the severity of bondage i.e. hammering and striking the victims. Also sexual insult of woman especially righteous ones. Breakup of relatives i.e. parents and their children. Splitting families and ignoring marriages. Furthermore there were corrupt slave-owners who on a constant basis guaranteed freedom only to break their word. Promises were made to be broken. Than there were slaves who longed to get an education and to be set free. Contempt for slave marriages and stereotyping. Success testimonies that encourages. He also used illustration of slaves in shackles.
The author made a plea to the Christian population and reminds them that they are Christians and of their family values. He describes the atrocities taking place with his people. He used Christianity to get his message across and to give him strength in this gruesome agony. The author is conscious of the discrimination and the avail of the people who listen. He forces the white people to consider the emotions expressed by a black "savage" using a very bombastic and forceful language. In no way does he come across as vulgar, unloving or unreasonable. The author does not appear according to the stereotype which he is portrayed as and that is very troublesome to a nation that believed the potential to justify bondage of black people by portraying them as inhuman.
The author describes in details the unbelievably horrors on the slave ships. He is convinced that a Christian and a cultivated congregation can not just sit back and listen and accept such unimaginable horrors.
The author informs the listeners that he is thankful for Christianity and all the principles and moral codes presented to him by Christian white people .
Olaudah is the greatest creativity in this story. He became a Christian with moral personality/principles, resolute and a workhorse.
The author's account commence as he is presenting the audience to the person / male prior to obtain a brief look of the person in bondage. The author guarantees the audience that he is not trying to gain prestige. He commences by letting the audience know that he is not a great person nor a bully or a holy figure.
The story commences with information about the author's relatives and culture. The audience is informed that Olaudah was born in 1745 in Nigeria in a town called Essaka in the kingdom
Benin. Olaudah's dad held a very high rank in Essaka and was perhaps of blue blod. The village is portrayed as being remote and the author seem not to be acquainted with white people i.e. people from Europe or the sea. Olaudah has five sibling i.e. four brothers and one sister. He is the youngest and has a very close relationship with his mother and sister. There are very strong family connections in Olaudah's culture which also entails dance and ritual tattoos to portray rank. Olaudah record the gap separating his native culture from the invaders. The listeners are being convinced that his tribe exercised circumcision. Also the native cleaned their hands prior to a meal and were not brutal. The woman were expected to be reserved and obey a religion that involved sacrifies in varying shape. The author's culture undertook bondage as a possible establishment. Olaudah's dad had a couple of hundred slaves himself. When Olaudah approached 11 he had a so called practical view of the dangers that were lurking. He and the other children of the village had set up a observation post as a defense while their parents were working outside the village. Olaudah report of how he and his sister were captured appears motionless and than his tries start. The author seem to address the Christian audience directly in order to plead for the their feelings. He exposes detailed, graphic and intense illustration of the severity of bondage i.e. hammering and striking the victims. Also sexual insult of woman especially righteous ones. Breakup of relatives i.e. parents and their children. Splitting families and ignoring marriages. Furthermore there were corrupt slave-owners who on a constant basis guaranteed freedom only to break their word. Promises were made to be broken. Than there were slaves who longed to get an education and to be set free. Contempt for slave marriages and stereotyping. Success testimonies that encourages. He also used illustration of slaves in shackles.
The author made a plea to the Christian population and reminds them that they are Christians and of their family values. He describes the atrocities taking place with his people. He used Christianity to get his message across and to give him strength in this gruesome agony. The author is conscious of the discrimination and the avail of the people who listen. He forces the white people to consider the emotions expressed by a black "savage" using a very bombastic and forceful language. In no way does he come across as vulgar, unloving or unreasonable. The author does not appear according to the stereotype which he is portrayed as and that is very troublesome to a nation that believed the potential to justify bondage of black people by portraying them as inhuman.
The author describes in details the unbelievably horrors on the slave ships. He is convinced that a Christian and a cultivated congregation can not just sit back and listen and accept such unimaginable horrors.
The author informs the listeners that he is thankful for Christianity and all the principles and moral codes presented to him by Christian white people .
Olaudah is the greatest creativity in this story. He became a Christian with moral personality/principles, resolute and a workhorse.