The narrator in A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, Mary Rowlandson, instigates herself as the prime Christian woman, when in reality is far from. If the narrative is examined with the knowledge that the word selection and scriptures were added and tweaked by the panel of pastors that approved this writing, then the instances of unchristian like behavior from Rowlandson can be dismissed. However, based on the knowledge that this is a narrative and the panel could only have edited a limited amount, two specific instances stand out. The first of these is in reference to page seventy-nine. Rowlandson lost her beloved daughter a few removes ago, and now her mistress has a sick papoose. Yet even in her sorrow,
