Compare And Contrast Franklin And Rowlandson

The autobiographies of Rowlandson and Franklin talk about how these Americans lived their lives in the middle ages, and even had their rights infringed upon. The autobiographies of these two great people bring to board how they were kept captive, their life experiences, and how they were set free from their captivity. In their quest for freedom, there were a lot of difficulties and afflictions they had to overcome. All these inspired the authors to put together everything they went through and published for people to know much of their lives before and after they were in captivity.
In these autobiographies, Rowlandson and Franklin expressed their religious views even through their pains. In Rowlandson’s autobiography, she showed how religious she was even in her most difficult time. …show more content…
In their lives, they felt it was duty to always have time to be their maker. Franklin says, I still thought it a duty, though I could not, as it seemed to me, afford to practice it. From this statement, even though he could not afford to miss his practice session, he still knew he had a duty to perform by worshipping God. He still had his love for worship in mind and could not let it go. Franklin also believed in the humility of Jesus and Socrates which is evidence in the explanation of his virtue of humility. In his explanation of humility, he says Imitate Jesus and Socrates. This explains to us that he always preferred to be humble and obedient so that he will be lifted up high as the Bible says. Rowlandson, even though she was held in captivity, she did not let go of her beliefs, and was happy when she finally had a Bible. I cannot but take notice of the wonderful mercy of God to me in those afflictions in sending me a Bible. She still used this Bible anytime she was free and felt safe to do so. They both were in depth of their faith, and were never ready to let go of