Give Me Liberty is mostly being told by Nathaniel. Since he is telling the story you really get a lot of emotion because he’s a servant, and is facing a lot of hard times in his life. One event that happened was when Owen sold Nathaniel to Basil. He was explaining how they got in a fight and you could just sense the pain that he was feeling emotionally and physically. Also you were given a visual of what the fight looked like. Another time Nathaniel was explaining just how terrible it was being a servant for Owen, like when someone is expressing their feelings like that you really can connect to the character. One time Nathaniel was telling about how he was excited that Basil was going to teach him to play the German flute. When he was saying how he wanted to learn how to play the instrument and everything you could really sense the excitement he had. From Nathaniel's point of view, the reader can see how slaves lived, and they don't take things for granted.
The book would have been a lot different if it was being told in maybe Owens point of view. Now Owen was the guy that Nathaniel used to be a servant for, and from what was said in the book it sounds like they never really got along. I mean I can’t imagine having to work for someone that I don’t like and at the same time they really hate me, that would be just awful! I think the fighting scene in Owens point of view would be really bad. I’m guessing that it would have a lot of harsh words towards Nathaniel because he really didn’t like him, and then it got so bad they got into a physical fight. Then when he sold Nathaniel to Basil I think Owen would have been making comments about how happy he is to not have to deal with him anymore and probably a lot of other rude things too. But I think overall if this book was written in Owens point of view it would be a lot different.
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