Olaudah Equiano: Pain And Suffering

Have you ever gone through intense pain and suffering in your life? Well for Olaudah Equiano, pain and suffer was his life. As for Mary Rowlandson, the tides went in her favor. Although Mary underwent much pain and suffering, it was only for a short period of time. The very interesting stories, A Narrative of the Captivity of Mary Rowlandson, and The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, tells us the stories of the pain and suffering each soul underwent. Although These stories may seem different at times, they also have plenty of similarities. The amount of torture done to our main characters differ, but the from the way they responded to their captors to the way they lost their loved ones are all very similar. Losing a loved one could be the most devastating thing that could ever happen to someone, …show more content…
Mary Rowlandson did not have a bad experience from her captors, but she did lose a daughter, which is unbearable suffering. While on the other hand Olaudah Equiano went through both physical and emotional pain. Equiano had lost his sister, whom was the only person he knew and brought him comfort. This is also unbearable suffering, but added onto that was the physical toll of being a slave. Equiano had to go through the hardships of being whipped, mistreated, underfed, and not being treated like another human being. Another factor is that Equiano was a slave for decades, while Rowlandson was only a slave for a short time period I believe that Equiano went through more hardships than Rowlandson. But even though Equiano had gone through more, they both still went through hard times.
Mary Rowlandson and Olaudah Equiano both went through similar events in their lives. Although Equiano may have suffered more and longer, they both went through pain in their lives. Rowlandson and Equiano are very similar in most ways, other than a few differences here and there, both of their souls