We have yet another clue as to the difference between the large and small plates of Nephi. It appears that there is a larger quantity of information available in the large plates. Perhaps there was more of Lehi and less of Nephi in those plates. Nephi does not tend to dwell on his own sermons later in the small plates as do most of the other texts. Past this extended experience of Nephi, we don't have that much of his personal information which is not directly related to essential history. Perhaps Nephi was by nature a humble man, preferring not to discuss his own histories. In the large plates, therefore, we might have more of Lehi, and less of Nephi. We get Nephi's twist on events precisely because the small plates of the Nephi are akin to his personal journal - the things which to him were of most worth.