Question

Highlight the central idea in pink and supporting details in yellow. I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning to my native country, or even the least glimpse of hope of gaining the shore, which I now considered as friendly; and I even wished for my former slavery in preference to my present situation, which was filled with horrors of every kind, still heightened by my ignorance of what I was to undergo. I was not long suffered to indulge my grief; I was soon put down under the decks, and there I received such a salutation in my nostrils as I had never experienced in my life: so that, with the loathsomeness of the stench, and crying together, I became so sick and low that I was not able to eat, nor had I the least desire to taste any thing. I now wished for the last friend, death, to relieve me; but soon, to my grief, two of the white men offered me eatables; and, on my refusing to eat, one of them held me fast by the hands, and laid me across I think the windlass, and tied my feet, while the other flogged me severely.

Answer 1

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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.

Answer 2

The central idea and supporting details of the given passage are as follows:

• The given passage is an excerpt from a freed slave named Olaudah Equiano's (also called Gustavus Vassa's) autobiography, "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."
• In his book, Equiano shares the slave life during a dreadful and brutal voyage to the Caribbean Islands.
• Equiano was hopeless about returning to his place, and he even wished for his former slavery. This shows how pathetic his living conditions were as a slave.
• In the current slavery, he has had to go through horrifying situations each and every day. The thought of the upcoming days was just enough to fill him with fear.
• On getting put down under the dirty decks, Equiano became sick and weak of the loathsomeness of the stench and his unending cry, both physically and mentally.
• The line "I now wished for the last friend, death, to relieve me" shows how pitiful his situation was under the cruel white masters.
• A man only wishes for death when he is in that pathetic and helpless situation. In such a situation was Equiano, when he thought that only death could end his sufferings.
• The passage clearly depicts the plight of poor African people who were forcefully made slaves by white men at that time.
• The people (slaves) were treated minimally compared to animals.
• Equiano's autobiography throws light on the cruelty of white men who were held with power and money and the harsh realities of the lives of African slaves.

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