So I read Oroonoko and I have many questions that have been left unanswered. The first--and possibly biggest--question I have is if the story true. How was it possible for Behn to know everything that he did? At the beginning, Behn comes right out and says that she has witnessed all of this stuff (the entire story she has written here) first hand. I find it hard to believe that Behn was actually around to see everything that Oroonoko goes through; It seems more like she heard it from a witness or some other second hand source and simply adapted it as if she really was there. Also, there is not much description; Behn just sort of jumps from point to point rather quickly. She states a scenario and then expands a little bit on it, and then on to the next event. After being in class and listening to the discussions from our group and the other groups about Oroonoko, I started to better understand what was really going on and that I was not the only one who was confused by the story.