In John Smith’s informative writing, he narrates his experience in governing Jamestown involving the Native Americans inhabitants. Smith seemed to be fascinated by the way the Native Americans used their everyday resources to maintain a life. The land was not heavily populated, and the people differed in value, especially in language. Smith characterized the Natives as “crafty, timorous quick of apprehension, and very ingenious (America Firsthand, 20) Everything they did was extraordinary to Smith, from the apparel and being covered in the skin of a wild animal, to the homes that are similar to their arbors of small young springs bowed and tied. However, he also viewed them all as savage. Describing the Native Americans as fearful and malicious. Smith discusses that they rarely steal as they are afraid to be punished and that the women are cautious to not be suspected of
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Captain John Smith was known for his strong guidance as well as his honor. He was attentive of the risk that his connection to the events could affect how he discusses them. Being too personal to the subject material can affect the narrator’s ability to carry a balance in the narrative. One way Smith attempts to refrain this is to remove himself as much as attainable from the narrative, deciding to write in a third-person narration rather than the more familiar first-person narration. The third-person point of view gives Smith's account a greater distinctive quality of authority - as if he is simply an observer to the experience he portrayed. His story involving Pocahontas could be used as an example for Smith to be unreliable. “Historians and ethnographers disagree about whether the incident happened, and if it did, whether Smith correctly understood its meaning in the context of the native culture.” (America Firsthand, 18) He uses embellishment to make this story more
Captain John Smith was known for his strong guidance as well as his honor. He was attentive of the risk that his connection to the events could affect how he discusses them. Being too personal to the subject material can affect the narrator’s ability to carry a balance in the narrative. One way Smith attempts to refrain this is to remove himself as much as attainable from the narrative, deciding to write in a third-person narration rather than the more familiar first-person narration. The third-person point of view gives Smith's account a greater distinctive quality of authority - as if he is simply an observer to the experience he portrayed. His story involving Pocahontas could be used as an example for Smith to be unreliable. “Historians and ethnographers disagree about whether the incident happened, and if it did, whether Smith correctly understood its meaning in the context of the native culture.” (America Firsthand, 18) He uses embellishment to make this story more