A narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson upholds its cultural relevance by revealing from a first person point of view of her times during captivity. Rowlandson gives us an insight of both before and after her captivity and her perspective of the Indians. In addition throughout Rowlandson difficult times she describes how her faith in God influenced her survival through the cruel moments of her captivity.
Her context describes the truculent conflict of being a Puritan in her society. At the beginning Rowlandson tell us about the brassy attack by the Indians. (quote...) She obviously has no reason to like the Indians after destroying her home, killing family members, and taking her to captivity for eleven weeks. …show more content…
30, the seven first verses, [...]. I do not desire to live to forget this Scripture, and what comfort it was to me" (Rowlandson 133).
Furthermore, it is relevant that Rowlandson's God is her shepherd. We then learn that during captivity she reflects back upon her past and throughout the narrative we see how Rowlandson redirects her life according to God's will. As mentioned earlier, Rowlandson believes her captivity is a form of test from God and had she not encounter by the Indian's she may not have questioned herself as to how she spent her Sabbaths and her from of life before captivity. After her freedom, Rowlandson shows poor knowledge from her experience with the Indians. Upholding a strong belief in all aspects of life, Rowlandson reveal a large importance in which it is clear that her encounter causes her to doubt her devotion to God and she questions her past. However, the narrator (Rowlandson) attempts to convey that this experience will challenge her believe towards the Indians, instead she demonstrate the
Her context describes the truculent conflict of being a Puritan in her society. At the beginning Rowlandson tell us about the brassy attack by the Indians. (quote...) She obviously has no reason to like the Indians after destroying her home, killing family members, and taking her to captivity for eleven weeks. …show more content…
30, the seven first verses, [...]. I do not desire to live to forget this Scripture, and what comfort it was to me" (Rowlandson 133).
Furthermore, it is relevant that Rowlandson's God is her shepherd. We then learn that during captivity she reflects back upon her past and throughout the narrative we see how Rowlandson redirects her life according to God's will. As mentioned earlier, Rowlandson believes her captivity is a form of test from God and had she not encounter by the Indian's she may not have questioned herself as to how she spent her Sabbaths and her from of life before captivity. After her freedom, Rowlandson shows poor knowledge from her experience with the Indians. Upholding a strong belief in all aspects of life, Rowlandson reveal a large importance in which it is clear that her encounter causes her to doubt her devotion to God and she questions her past. However, the narrator (Rowlandson) attempts to convey that this experience will challenge her believe towards the Indians, instead she demonstrate the