Question

[I just need help finding the central idea here]
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.

Paraphrase the central idea.
Paraphrase the supporting details.

Answer 1

I'm so burned out from reading article after article, so PLEASE do NOT send me one about finding the central idea...

Answer 2

if you need help finding the
 Central idea then use the main idea to figure it out.


Answer 3

The paragraph says:

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.

So you need to figure out which paragraph you will need to look at.

This is the one ☝️ You look at right now

I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning to my native country

Answer 4

what can you figure out that is happening in this first paragraph?

Answer 5

Equiano is now unable to return home?

Answer 6

correct


Answer 7

So now figure out why he isn’t allowed to return home.

Answer 8

He was taken aboard a slave ship to the new world

Answer 9

Correct, they took him aboard to a slave ship.

Answer 10

So this paragraph states that he has been taken into Slavery

So Slavery is the central idea

Answer 11

So it means Equiano is stuck in slavery.

Answer 12

alright.

Answer 13

nice job!