William Bradford set off on the Mayflower Voyage on September 6th, 1620. The motive of this journey to the new world was to find religious freedom and have the ability to praise God as he pleased. During his voyage to America, Bradford wrote about all the obstacles the colonists faced and how they overcame them in his narrative, “Of Plymouth Plantation”. William Bradford’s “Of Plymouth Plantation” both excites and motivates the reader to encourage a change in his or her surroundings just as Bradford did over three and a half centuries ago. Bradford inspires this change through constant references to God, emphasis on hard work, and his humble manner.
William Bradford attended the school of Christ and became a devout student of the Bible, …show more content…
His colony arrived in America and had to completely develop a new life for themselves, as “they had now no friends to welcome them nor inns to entertain or refresh their weatherbeaten bodies; no houses or much less towns to repair to, to seek for succor” (Bradford 2). With this new land, they competed against not only the Native Americans but weather and fear of starvation as well “they got seed to plant them corn the next year, or else they might have starved, for they had none nor any likelihood to get any till the season had been past, as the sequel did manifest. Neither is it likely they had had this, if the first voyage had been made, for the ground was now all covered with snow and hard frozen” (Bradford 4). Eventually, the colony overcame these issues and made friends with the Native Americans who consequently provided them with food to survive “He directed them how to set their corn, where to take fish and procure other commodities” (Bradford 6). Throughout the Harvest of 1621, the colonists continued to work hard and develop their houses and dwellings to survive the Winter, now being recovered in health and strength. Without the strong hard-working ethic of Bradford and his encouragement to persevere, the colony would not have survived. Bradford’s emphasis on a strong work ethic encourages the reader to never give up, and that with a little
William Bradford attended the school of Christ and became a devout student of the Bible, …show more content…
His colony arrived in America and had to completely develop a new life for themselves, as “they had now no friends to welcome them nor inns to entertain or refresh their weatherbeaten bodies; no houses or much less towns to repair to, to seek for succor” (Bradford 2). With this new land, they competed against not only the Native Americans but weather and fear of starvation as well “they got seed to plant them corn the next year, or else they might have starved, for they had none nor any likelihood to get any till the season had been past, as the sequel did manifest. Neither is it likely they had had this, if the first voyage had been made, for the ground was now all covered with snow and hard frozen” (Bradford 4). Eventually, the colony overcame these issues and made friends with the Native Americans who consequently provided them with food to survive “He directed them how to set their corn, where to take fish and procure other commodities” (Bradford 6). Throughout the Harvest of 1621, the colonists continued to work hard and develop their houses and dwellings to survive the Winter, now being recovered in health and strength. Without the strong hard-working ethic of Bradford and his encouragement to persevere, the colony would not have survived. Bradford’s emphasis on a strong work ethic encourages the reader to never give up, and that with a little