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Olaudah Equiano
Title: Olaudah Equiano
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 989 | Pages: 4.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Olaudah Equiano
Book Critique on The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano’s initial paragraph from his autobiography clearly states the intentions of the ensuing narrative and is perhaps the most important paragraph in the book. It sets the tone for his account, describes his attitude toward the book and gives and overall impression of Equiano himself. His work not meant merely for entertainment but for the purpose promoting the inhumanity and torments of slavery:
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…showed last 75 words of 989 total…to logos and pathos. These travels also established a commonality with English men, who experienced the same trials, which allowed them to relate and therefore understand his plights as a man and not merely a slave. His revelations touched on all subjects of slavery to open the eyes of some who knew not of the depravity and brutality of slavery while also revolutionizing the thoughts of many who thought of slavery as necessary and humane.
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