Narrative of the captivity of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson is considered as a seminal American work in the literary genre of captivity narratives, and this story happened during the Philips war from 1675 to 1678. The author of the book, Mary Rowlandson successfully described her spiritual journeys and redemption during she was captured by using symbolism and allusions. From my point of view, she had done a great job on literary elements. The first edition of the book comes out in 1682. In her work, Mary Rowlandson showed the great mother love, divine province and her faith as a puritan.
It was unique for the book to talk about the experience of being a slave for Indians. The book’s background setting is during the Phillip’s war. Mrs. Mary Rowlandson …show more content…
However, in the fifth remove, her attitude to Indians started to change. Although she viewed Indian food as trash at first, she found them sweet and savory finally. Even she did not like Indians at the beginning, she viewed her master as her good friend. From the 12th remove, “My master being gone, who seemed to me the best friend that I had of an Indian, both in cold and hunger, and quickly so it proved.” On the other hand, there is a historical conflict in the book between Indians and British. According to the book, there was several battles between the two sides, and from the description of the battles, readers are able to learn the Indian’s culture. For example, in the nineteenth remove, the Indians beat British, but they came back with desperation, because they learned from their practise divination that they will lose the war, like Rowlandson wrote “when they went, they acted as if the devil had told them that they should gain the victory; and now they acted as if the devil had told them they
It was unique for the book to talk about the experience of being a slave for Indians. The book’s background setting is during the Phillip’s war. Mrs. Mary Rowlandson …show more content…
However, in the fifth remove, her attitude to Indians started to change. Although she viewed Indian food as trash at first, she found them sweet and savory finally. Even she did not like Indians at the beginning, she viewed her master as her good friend. From the 12th remove, “My master being gone, who seemed to me the best friend that I had of an Indian, both in cold and hunger, and quickly so it proved.” On the other hand, there is a historical conflict in the book between Indians and British. According to the book, there was several battles between the two sides, and from the description of the battles, readers are able to learn the Indian’s culture. For example, in the nineteenth remove, the Indians beat British, but they came back with desperation, because they learned from their practise divination that they will lose the war, like Rowlandson wrote “when they went, they acted as if the devil had told them that they should gain the victory; and now they acted as if the devil had told them they