Compare And Contrast Jamestown And The Plymouth Plantation

From the General History of Virginia to the Of Plymouth Plantation, both of these stories involve the journey to the new world. Although these stories have few similarities such as, where they came from; the help they received in the new world when they were in trouble; and how they felt on the way to the new world; they also had their differences. Some of the differences that these two stories held was their purpose of why they went to the new world in the first place; how they treated each other throughout the whole process. One of the first similarities that both of these stories hold is where the people came from. Both the people of Jamestown and the pilgrims came from England. They all left England for one purpose whether it be for profit, …show more content…
For Jamestown, the main character that helped them was Pocahontas. She was generous to them by providing them some supplies in order to survive the winter. She was basically the only one captain Smith would acknowledge, but again the reason would only be because she helped them. Unlike the rest of the Native Americans, they did not help them and only did in that moment because it was Pocahontas who told her people to help Jamestown. For the pilgrims it was the same, just that they each helped each other. The Pilgrims and the Native Americans at least got along with each other and didn’t end up fighting each other. But for Jamestown, they had gotten greedy and they started to dispute with the Native Americans. Just like they have similarities, they also have their differences. In the very beginning the difference begin to appear within the stories. One of the very first differences that is depicted in the stories is the people they had traveled with to the new world. In the story Of General History of Virginia, the people that traveled to the new world were crew members of a ship, Captain Smith’s crew. Only men that were so focused on making money and being able to start a new life with wealth. So no families were involved mostly men who were already part of the crew traveled with Captain …show more content…
In the General history of Virginia the people there didn 't treat each other with care, they focused so much on money which made them greedy. At one point Captain Smith held the concept of “No work, no food” this is what caused a lot of the people to starve. Also when the Native Americans had helped them they had “nourished such ill conceits.”(john smith 71). In this phrase it shows how the people who were helped by the natives, by bringing them some supplies like food, had made them greedy for more of their support. It only shows that they only wish to survive even in some ill or greedy. intentions are to be made. This greed is what made them suffer even more later on in the story. If they had only looked out for each other and worked together to get settled in they would have probably suffered less. On the other hand, when money is the one and only thing on your mind and you have the sense of ‘every man for himself’ then of course all you 're going to face many obstacles in your