discontentment. Everyone dreams of changing aspects of their life, its human nature to think “If I was just more attractive”, “If my child just wasn’t handicapped”, or in the case of Equiano “ If I could just be free” then I would be happy. What stands out in the book The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, is that Equiano does appreciates the changes, learns all that can, embraces a new culture, and is happy and fulfilled. Equiano argues the evils of slavery, and desperately wishes slavery