Question

Bolden the central idea in pink and underline supporting details in the following text: Their complexions too, differing so much from ours, their long hair and the language they spoke (which was very different from any I had ever heard) united to confirm in me this belief. Indeed such were the horrors of my views and fears at the moment that, if ten thousand worlds had been my own, I would have freely parted with them all to have exchanged my condition with that of the meanest slave in my own country. When I looked round the ship too and saw a large furnace or copper boiling and a multitude of black people of every description chained together, every one of their countenances expressing dejection and sorrow, I no longer doubted of my fate; and quite overpowered with horror and anguish, I fell motionless on the deck and fainted.

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Paraphrase the central idea.

Paraphrase the supporting details.

Answer 1

Paraphrase the central idea: The narrator strongly believes that the differences in appearance, language, and treatment of the people on the ship confirm the horrifying reality of their own situation.

Paraphrase the supporting details: The people on the ship have different complexions, long hair, and speak a language unfamiliar to the narrator. The sight of a large boiling furnace and numerous black people of various descriptions, all chained together and expressing sadness, further solidify the narrator's realization of their fate. The intense horror and distress caused the narrator to lose consciousness and collapse on the ship's deck.