Compare And Contrast A Narrative Of The Captivity By Mary Rowlandson

Many people in England wanted a new life. These people came from England and the were called the Puritans. They were sick of the religious turmoil in England, and they were determined to achieve a higher quality of life. Although that isn’t what necessarily what happened when they came to the new world. The winters were cold and they were starving, but they were willing to do anything to anything to gain religious freedom. Anne Bradstreet and Mary Rowlandson were both Puritan women who documented their experiences in the new world. These text were called “A Narrative of the captivity By: Mary Rowlandson” and “The Burning of Our House By: Anne Bradstreet.” Both of their pieces exhibit the Puritans trust in God, their perseverance , and their …show more content…
Mary Rowlandson was captured by Indians and taken from a Puritan settlement with her children in the middle of the harsh winter. Mary had a child who was six years old, and while they were at the Indian village the child died. She said “ About two hours in the night, my sweet babe like a lamb departed this life, on February 18,1675 (Rowlandson 38).” Mary’s daughter also lived in the Indian village , but she lived in another wigwam.Therefore, Mary was separated from all of her children. Mary had many difficulties in her life although her faith in God never faltered “ Yet the Lord would gather us together, and turn all those curses upon our enemies. I do not desire to live to forget this scripture, and what comfort it was to me… (Rowlandson …show more content…
These text are important because they show us what life was like for the first settlers. They faced many hardships from losing children to losing their homes, but no matter what their faith in God prevailed. This is a lesson that we should all take from the Puritan people. We as Christians should know that God always has a plan for us, and no matter what life throws our way he is with us. Another lesson we should learn from the Puritans is their courage. These people were willing to come to a new land just so they could practice their faith. They did not know what this new place would entail, but they went on the journey anyways because their faith in God was so deep-seated. The Puritans had such a deep faith in God because of all the hardships they had faced in their lives. These text really symbolize what the Puritans were all about loving and serving God above anything else, because earthly possessions and things are only