I found the excerpt from the book, The Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African had left a significant impact on me after I had finished reading the entirety of chapter two. The chapter began with Equiano describing his childhood. One aspect of his childhood that had great significance on his life was the short anecdote about how when he and the other children in the area would go out to play, but they would also climb up in the trees to be lookouts for potential kidnappers so they could warn the others to attack. After he told that story, he told the one about the day his people were not there to help secure his safety so he and his sister, who were all alone, were kidnapped. That was the day that his life was changed forever. He then goes on to describe his different encounters and experiences with a variety of his slave owners and masters. Last was his description of life on a slave ship at sea and his arrival to land. As a white female, I cannot identify with Equiano’s hardships, but I definitely made me feel appreciative …show more content…
“It would be tedious and uninteresting to relate all the incidents which befell me during this journey, and which I have not forgotten; of the various hands I passed through, and the manners and customs of all the different people among whom I lived…” (21). He went on to say how instead of focusing about all of his suffering and misfortune, he would reflect on the different countries, cultures, landscapes he encountered. I thought he was brave and mature for choosing to do this. I was not surprised at how mature he was because he had to do so at such a young age. He was only eleven when he was taken from his country and thrown into the hardships of slavery. Just when he thinks things are looking up, they get worse again. The cycle was a continuous feedback loop called his