The Significant Difference of Anne Bradstreet Throughout my reading of “Exploration and Colonization”, I had a mild feeling of discomfort. The main reason being my prior knowledge and feelings about the unjust treatment of Native Americans during this time period. The way Indians were described as savages and in other defamatory ways did not settle well with me. The authors in this section were so biased towards Native Americans and so profoundly sure of their own righteousness, it made them hard for me to relate to. Although Anne Bradstreet was a woman of the same time and place in history and shared many of the same religious beliefs as her fellow authors in this section, she stood out to me. My aforementioned discomfort was quieted
