Michael Henry Pascal Character Analysis in The Life of Olaudah Equiano

Pascal is the owner of a merchant ship who buys Equiano from the first plantation where he works. Though Pascal is the first white man to treat Equiano kindly, he later cruelly betrays Equiano and sells him to another master. While Equiano seems to forgive him, Pascal—out of either malice or guilt—refuses to engage with Equiano even after Equiano returns as a free man to England.

Michael Henry Pascal Quotes in The Life of Olaudah Equiano

The The Life of Olaudah Equiano quotes below are all either spoken by Michael Henry Pascal or refer to Michael Henry Pascal. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

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I had often seen my master and Dick employed in reading; and I had a great curiosity to talk to the books, as I thought they did; and so to learn how all things had a beginning. For that purpose I have often taken up a book, and talked to it, and then put my ears to it, when alone, in hopes it would answer me; and I have been very much concerned when I found it remained silent

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Page Number and Citation: 42

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Michael Henry Pascal Quotes in The Life of Olaudah Equiano

The The Life of Olaudah Equiano quotes below are all either spoken by Michael Henry Pascal or refer to Michael Henry Pascal. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

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I had often seen my master and Dick employed in reading; and I had a great curiosity to talk to the books, as I thought they did; and so to learn how all things had a beginning. For that purpose I have often taken up a book, and talked to it, and then put my ears to it, when alone, in hopes it would answer me; and I have been very much concerned when I found it remained silent

Related Characters: (speaker), ,

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Page Number and Citation: 42

Explanation and Analysis:

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Michael Henry Pascal Character Analysis

Michael Henry Pascal Quotes in The Life of Olaudah Equiano

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