Equiano begins his nonfiction, "The Interesting Narrative" in an odd way, with short letters to various people. I enjoyed these as they provided solid background information as well as helped to set the stage for the beginning few chapters. The first sentence of Chapter One immediately made me think of Dr. Shew's class as well as David Foster Wallace. Equiano states that it is difficult for people writing autobiographies "to escape the imputation of vanity" or attribute themselves with excessive pride. This connects back to Walker Percy and David Foster Wallace as the people who write these autobiographies are often too caught up in their natural default setting and are too self absorbed.
On a separate note, I was under the impression
On a separate note, I was under the impression