Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 12 AIL 1129 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"I Even Wished for My Former Slavery"
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The idea
Equiano writes that he wished for his former slavery in preference to his present situation. The sentence works by comparison: a condition the reader already considers terrible is offered as the better option. The argument is made by the structure rather than by any adjective.
In practice
The worse thing makes the scale.
Where people slip
Comparison carries the claim.
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