The symbolic feature with in the book "The Interesting Narrative of the Live of Olaudah Equiano".

Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa is one of the earliest African authors whose literary mission was to end slaver. He was kidnapped at the age of eleven and endured and witnessed many cruelties upon fellow Africans. In "The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano," Vassa puts his life down in written word. What makes this work of literature so different from any other autobiography is the fact that it is laced with meaning and symbolism. Equiano …

…the Egyptian: Religious Authority in Olaudah Equiano's Interesting Narrative." Academic Search Premier. 35.3 (Fall 2001) 15pp. 5 February 2002 http://hermes.sac.accd.edu Equiano, Olaudah. "from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the Africa. Written by Himself." The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter and Richard Yarborough. 1.4 Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. 1118-1149 Saillant, John. "An African's Life (Book Review)." Academic Search Premier. 35.4 (Winter 2001). 2pp. 1 February 2003 http://hermes.sac.accd.edu