Essie Tregowan is a character from Neil Gaiman’s book American Gods: Interlude; she is depicted as a young girl who came from Cornwall after being convicted as a thief. Her sentence was seven years of transportation aboard a ship; other wise known as death in the 1700s since she was pregnant living in unpleasant conditions. Through out the story she connives her way into people’s lives and survives the best way she knows how. Essie’s upbringing caused her to cope with everything going around her by placing her faith in mythos like piskies and magic to cushion her from the harsh blows of life. Towards the end Essie being very manipulative lies her way into a good marriage. Essie Tregowan was of European decent, but her mindset for faith
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Europeans in the 1500s believed that if you were any other religion or had any other belief you would be looked at in the eyes of the Lord as being an infidel, meaning someone who doesn’t accept a certain faith. When European settlers came to America, they came slowly but in numbers they tried to push their faith on the Native Americans who had different beliefs in different tribes all over virgin America. Some tribes converted and others stood their ground for their beliefs. While the Europeans colonized America conflict with the Native Americans began to stir, but as time went on everyone wanted to survive so trade was the main factor of their alliance and neutralized any conflict …show more content…
Every tribe in the 1500s had two things in common with their belief in spirits and that everything was alive. The only down side of Essie Tregowan not being able to fit in would be the fact she was not a native of America. Essie would be looked at as being different and would most likely be killed by the Native American Indians. Each tribe was very close knit and outsiders were viewed as being a threat. If the tribe couldn’t convert you they would kill you. Let 's just say, hypothetically if Tregowan learned the language of a Native American tribe, she could have been taken in as one of their own, but her past life of being a thief would have to stop. If not she would be an outcast with the Native Americans
Europeans in the 1500s believed that if you were any other religion or had any other belief you would be looked at in the eyes of the Lord as being an infidel, meaning someone who doesn’t accept a certain faith. When European settlers came to America, they came slowly but in numbers they tried to push their faith on the Native Americans who had different beliefs in different tribes all over virgin America. Some tribes converted and others stood their ground for their beliefs. While the Europeans colonized America conflict with the Native Americans began to stir, but as time went on everyone wanted to survive so trade was the main factor of their alliance and neutralized any conflict …show more content…
Every tribe in the 1500s had two things in common with their belief in spirits and that everything was alive. The only down side of Essie Tregowan not being able to fit in would be the fact she was not a native of America. Essie would be looked at as being different and would most likely be killed by the Native American Indians. Each tribe was very close knit and outsiders were viewed as being a threat. If the tribe couldn’t convert you they would kill you. Let 's just say, hypothetically if Tregowan learned the language of a Native American tribe, she could have been taken in as one of their own, but her past life of being a thief would have to stop. If not she would be an outcast with the Native Americans