Religion is a very controversial topic today but during early American society where the literatures of Edward’s personal narrative and Rowlandson’s Narrative of captivity take place religion plays a huge factor in the person’s life. In both pieces of work religion helps guide the emotions of the characters, there are hardships that are presented in both stories and both authors could witness events that transpired through the power of God. Edward and Mary both must experience the pain of losing their children but they both seemed to be thankful and relieved rather than cursing God. During the third removal when Mary’s daughter dies while on the journey the native Americans bury the daughter upon a hill where Mary state’s “There I left that
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After the Native American attack on Mary’s city rather than calling them attackers or invaders she uses these metaphors to describe the situation and to also make the Native Americans seem extremely evil. Mary describes the brutality that she witnessed by saying “It is a solemn sight to see so many Christians lying in their blood, some here, some there, like a company of Sheep torn by Wolves.” (Norton 270) This metaphor is used by Mary to show that she deemed the Christians to be innocent and followers go God while the Native Americans were ruthless and cruel such as a wolf that hunts. Religious metaphors can also be presented in Taylor’s especially in Meditation 8. In this poem Taylor is looking at the sky when he sees a path being made to his door where he states, “I find the Bread of Life in’t at my door.” (Norton 303) There is a basket of bread at his door but bread is used as a symbol of life and Taylor uses this to establish a connection between the real world to the spiritual world that he thrives …show more content…
An issue that occurs when Mary is with the Native Americans is when she’s trying to escape the English that are perusing them and they come across a river. Where Mary says “"I cannot but notice the strange providence of God in preserving the heathen” and “God did not give them courage or activity to go over after us; we were not reday for so great a mercy as victory and deliverance."(Norton 277) Mary thinks that it is strange that God would protect the Native Americans because they were heathens rather than civilized people. Additional that it was God’s influence on both sides that no interaction occurred from the English or the Natives. In Taylors story there is a wasp that is in the cold that is barely moving due to the cold but can stay alive due to God’s power. Taylor says, “As if her satin jacket hot contained Apothecary’s shop of nature’s recipients, that prevails.” (Norton 307) He is stating that the wasp can heal and stay alive due to the work of the almighty who provides this healing power as the same effect as a pharmacy store. Mary Rowlandson and Edward Taylor bought express similar interests within their pieces of literatures by connecting their faiths to what is happening around them. By doing this it gives them faith to push through troubled times and it makes both individuals question if everything
After the Native American attack on Mary’s city rather than calling them attackers or invaders she uses these metaphors to describe the situation and to also make the Native Americans seem extremely evil. Mary describes the brutality that she witnessed by saying “It is a solemn sight to see so many Christians lying in their blood, some here, some there, like a company of Sheep torn by Wolves.” (Norton 270) This metaphor is used by Mary to show that she deemed the Christians to be innocent and followers go God while the Native Americans were ruthless and cruel such as a wolf that hunts. Religious metaphors can also be presented in Taylor’s especially in Meditation 8. In this poem Taylor is looking at the sky when he sees a path being made to his door where he states, “I find the Bread of Life in’t at my door.” (Norton 303) There is a basket of bread at his door but bread is used as a symbol of life and Taylor uses this to establish a connection between the real world to the spiritual world that he thrives …show more content…
An issue that occurs when Mary is with the Native Americans is when she’s trying to escape the English that are perusing them and they come across a river. Where Mary says “"I cannot but notice the strange providence of God in preserving the heathen” and “God did not give them courage or activity to go over after us; we were not reday for so great a mercy as victory and deliverance."(Norton 277) Mary thinks that it is strange that God would protect the Native Americans because they were heathens rather than civilized people. Additional that it was God’s influence on both sides that no interaction occurred from the English or the Natives. In Taylors story there is a wasp that is in the cold that is barely moving due to the cold but can stay alive due to God’s power. Taylor says, “As if her satin jacket hot contained Apothecary’s shop of nature’s recipients, that prevails.” (Norton 307) He is stating that the wasp can heal and stay alive due to the work of the almighty who provides this healing power as the same effect as a pharmacy store. Mary Rowlandson and Edward Taylor bought express similar interests within their pieces of literatures by connecting their faiths to what is happening around them. By doing this it gives them faith to push through troubled times and it makes both individuals question if everything