Question

How are narratives like Equiano’s autobiography more effective in their indictment of slavery than shorter political or polemical works on the same topic would be? Select all that apply.

a. Readers can identify with the narrator, making the issue of slavery less abstract.

b. The novel’s length allows more space to describe the horrors of slavery in depth and from multiple angles.

c. Audiences at the time had more of a taste for novels and longer works than short polemical works in newspapers.

d. Novels were kept in libraries where everyone could read them whereas newspapers were only available to subscribers.

Answer 1

A. Readear can identify with the narrator making the issue of slavery less abstract.

When you read the life of someone that wrote it first hand instead of numbers or experiences by third parties, you can actually feel and be identified with the narrator, he who suffered all of those injustices is a human, just like me, with feelings, hopes, dreams and fears, just like me, that is why it´s more appealing and interesting to read the autobiography than other works on slavery.

Answer 2

The best answer for such question is letter A: Readers can identify with the narrator, making the issue of slavery less abstract.

The autobiography is a detailed description of the many forms of violations made on African slaves during that time period. It gave the readers the chance to see it clearly in the light and they got a chance to read a firsthand experience on what was happening back then.