Compare And Contrast Equiano And Rowlandson

Equiano and Rowlandson cope with their situations by cherishing the things that they can value like family and God, in order to show the importance of support from God, friends, and family and how this can provide comfort and hope to themselves when going through hardship. For instance, Rowlandson loses one of her children: “I must and could lie down by my dead babe, side by side all the night after. I have thought since of the wonderful goodness of God to me, in preserving me in the use of my reason and senses, in that distressed time, that I did not use wicked and violent means to end my own miserable life” (38). This shows the opposite matter to the comfort and hope from family. Without serenity, Rowlandson felt miserable due to the absence of her daughter. …show more content…
Equiano, on the other hand, reunited with his sister after being separated: “As soon as she saw me she gave a loud shriek and ran into my arms--I was never quite overpowered: Neither of us could speak, but for a considerable time clung to each other in mutual embraces, unable to do anything but weep” (54). Equiano felt devastated by the separation from his sister, however, the reunion brought back his strength. This resembles how family can provide comfort and hope because when we build relationships with others, we develop the sense and knowledge that these people matter to us. With these people, we become content to live our lives. In situations, like Rowlandson and Equiano depicted, demonstrated the irony of what would happen if the value of our value of families was