John Demos is an American Author and a professor for Yale University. Within John Demos’ article, “Notes on Life in Plymouth Colony,” Demos displays the movement and expansion of early colonies especially Plymouth. The topic of the article focuses on movement of colonies in comparison between the traditional colonies and Plymouth, in which Plymouth does not fit within that category (Demos, 1965, p.264). Demos argues that the concept of a traditional colony is static, does not fit in terms of Plymouth because within Plymouth there were numerous accounts of movement as well as growth.
The purpose of the author writing the article is to show the distinctiveness between the stereotypical English colonies and Plymouth in juxtaposition by the differences of change. Resources Demos used to support his argument include primary and secondary sources. Primary sources comprised of “town and church …show more content…
An issue within his paper is that he makes a big emphasis on “courtship and marriage”, which is acceptable to an extent, but it takes away from his other reasons for the expansion and dispersity of Plymouth (Demos, 1965, p.273). The audience can forget the other aspects of the changes in Plymouth just because there is a lot more information on marriages even though it is one those causes that changed the colony. Even with his focus on courtship the author is still staying true to his claim. It might not be as clear as the reader continues further into his work because of prominence of marriage, especially by including the unnecessary table (Demos, 1965, p.275). In comparison to other works within Demos’ field, Albert Hale Plumb’s, William Bradford of Plymouth (1920), also mentions “marriage…[regarding] the rapid growth [of migration]” (Plumb, 1920, p.24). Plumb does not make a huge emphasis like Demos does on wedlock in relation to Plymouth, but Demos’ other evidence makes his claim more
The purpose of the author writing the article is to show the distinctiveness between the stereotypical English colonies and Plymouth in juxtaposition by the differences of change. Resources Demos used to support his argument include primary and secondary sources. Primary sources comprised of “town and church …show more content…
An issue within his paper is that he makes a big emphasis on “courtship and marriage”, which is acceptable to an extent, but it takes away from his other reasons for the expansion and dispersity of Plymouth (Demos, 1965, p.273). The audience can forget the other aspects of the changes in Plymouth just because there is a lot more information on marriages even though it is one those causes that changed the colony. Even with his focus on courtship the author is still staying true to his claim. It might not be as clear as the reader continues further into his work because of prominence of marriage, especially by including the unnecessary table (Demos, 1965, p.275). In comparison to other works within Demos’ field, Albert Hale Plumb’s, William Bradford of Plymouth (1920), also mentions “marriage…[regarding] the rapid growth [of migration]” (Plumb, 1920, p.24). Plumb does not make a huge emphasis like Demos does on wedlock in relation to Plymouth, but Demos’ other evidence makes his claim more