The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano gives a first-hand account of Equiano's capture, life as a slave, and eventual freedom and liberation. While there are several important themes and overarching ideas seen throughout the ... and a short while later "my caption and master named me Gustavus Vassa" (701). However, through the course of the narrative, it is seen that Equiano successfully persevered to shape an identity in spite of the world. Likewise, the flying fish inhabits a realm that it 'shouldn't'- it is a fish than can ... fly, or a bird that can swim. This cre...

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... the cargo they were being treated as was loaded. However, these humans were subjugated to packing in a much more inhumane manner than that of the goods. Olaudah Equiano recounts his voyage in The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano as he states: "I was soon put under the deck where the head and the crowding, which meant that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost ... the lavatory buckets- These conditions were indeed a quasi-Hell, causing some to ponder if living through the journey only to live a life of slavery was worth living at all. As Olaudah Equiano later recounts, f...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate