Equiano, Part 2: Pgs. 58-61

Marvin Etienne
Mr. Thomas
English 11
29 October 2013
A. It's shocking to see Equaino show little to no emotion through all of this horrible mistreatment and torture. He bounces around from place to place and it is not pleasant at all. People on the ships would rather die and commit suicide than to be forced to live such a harsh life. On the other hand, when He mentions how everyone is separated from their loved ones, like "a brother being separated from his sister," this is the only time he shows emotion. It's sort of the boiling point for him because he feels like the buyers are cruel and claim to be good people but are not.
D. One quote that stood out to me was when he says, "I asked them if we were not to be eaten by those white men with horrible looks, red faces, and loose hair." This shows how he is unfamiliar with the situation and he is thinking about the worst possible scenario to be in. Of course they are not going to eat him, but I think that is what fear does to him. He feels uncertain and unsure of what is to come next.
I. I agree with Danny O'Keefe when he says that the story used great detail about how the conditions on the ships were. It's kind of scary knowing that's how they were treated. I knew it was a bad experience, but I never knew that it was that extreme. It's almost hard to read knowing that a person went through such despair.