Late post-Olaudah Equiano

Chapter 2 of Olaudah Equiano's story is a very sad chapter about the capture of him and his sister. My initial question was, how old were they? He mentions that they are children at the time, however, he did not seem like he put up much of a struggle during his capture, therefore he must have been quite young. His journey must have been quite a daze because he is still thinking about escaping. Although he knows he is a far way away from home, he finds he can use the sun as a guide back. However when he is forced to hide from his he master, he just compounds his mistakes. Although he does not say it, I feel that this is the first instance when he loses hope in ever returning. When he is reunited with his sister, it seems there might be a glimmer of hope, but they are torn apart once again. I found his comments about his pain very elegant. The most surprising part of this chapter was the amount African on African slavery. Although i did notice that much of there treatment was better then the treatment that was waiting across the Atlantic.