Comparing Three Stories

Of the three stories, the most reliable one would be "Plymouth Plantation" because its author appears very unbiased and does not include himself in the story. In this way it makes the story more focused on the events  that occurred rather than making himself look good. The least reliable story was "The General History of Virginia" by John Smith. In his account he wrote it in third person but very much included himself and his 'heroics' without seeming conceited. In "The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano" the aforementioned author took bits and pieces from other slaves that were actually brought from Africa and pieced them together to create this story. Although it isn't probably about his life, he still was a slave and would have been able to receive reliable information from fellow slaves who were kidnapped from their homes. 

William Bradford's purpose of writing "Of Plymouth Plantation" was to document events that occurred when the pilgrims arrived and shortly thereafter so that in the future people could look back and see what happened. In "The General History of Virginia" by John Smith, the author, motivated by wealth and fame, wrote to make himself look good and heroic. Slavery is made out to be cruel and terribly unchristian in "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano." The purpose of his writing was to persuade the reader to be against slavery.