equiano

Equiano’s Audience In “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano” written by himself, Equiano begins his narrative in the simple, yet enthusiastic voice that carries the reader throughout his life story. He makes his plans entirely clear, he intends his narrative to open the world's eyes to the degradation and inhumanity of slavery. Yet he knows, too, that merely preaching of goodwill towards Africans would not turn any heads. He must show …

…Equiano had many different audiences and he tried to reach all of them in strikingly unique ways. He does this in many different ways in order to reach all of his audiences. We can see that by his attempts to tell his story with a very honest and clever tone, he draws in his audiences and puts them in his point of view and tries to convey his message of the unjust inhumanity of slavery.