The Industrial Revolution was a time of great strides for this nation economically but his boom in our nation would also come at a dark price, whether you were picking cotton in the south or working at a factory the conditions were not the greatest. It is understood that if you were the picking cotton in the fields or unwillingly working for a family it was clearly not because you wanted to it. For instance, the underlining reason for being trapped in these such conditions had more of a sinister reasoning, but nonetheless we are acquainted to two very different aspects of this time in our history, at first we are introduced to a Olaudah Equiano who lived the life of a slave we see his struggles his pain and how he overcame this very …show more content…
“I now totally lost the small remains of comfort I had enjoyed in conversing with my countrymen; the women too, who used to wash and take care of me, were all gone different ways, and I never saw one of them afterwards”(Equiano, internet). Another example of the despair he goes through is seem while he is riding on the ship he often wishes he was either dead or somewhere else he is clearly confused by this whole ordeal that is happening to him. “I was wakened out of my reverie to fresh sorrow, and hurried away even amongst the uncircumcised (Equiano, Internet). He wants to try so hard to go back to the life that he once had but is struck with this new reality that has consumed him. He tries so hard to believe that this tragic event is not real and not happening to him but as we know sadly it …show more content…
When we look at the feelings that Equiano experiences while he is riding on the boat his feelings of comfort that overtakes him while wishing he was dead resonates with the feelings tom has. For example, Equiano says “It was a change indeed from a state of bliss to a scene which is inexpressible by me, as it discovered to me an element I had never before beheld (Equiano, Internet) it shows that he never had those types of feeling or thoughts for that matter but he is so desperate to change this state that he is resorting to such negatives aspects to find his comfort in such a bad situation. But I seems as though he was very surprised to behaving such thoughts due to the fact that he overall talks very fondly about his life prior to this unfortunate turn of events. The ceremony being now ended the festival begins, which is celebrated with bonfires, and loud acclamations of joy, accompanied with music and dancing.(Equiano, Internet) While on the other Tom is not happy with his life as a chimney sweeper and is awoken from a dream where he realizes that only in death is where he