In today's society, you often see divides among social classes, there are always gonna be superior groups and inferior groups that don’t understand or get along with each other, it’s inevitable. There are examples of divides in social classes in every time period. Flash all the way back to 1620, 397 years ago, and it’s even present all the way back then. In the narrative, “The Life of Mary Jemison”, and the Hannah Dustin poem, there are multiple examples of divides between the Europeans and Indians. Both pieces demonstrate the complexity of their relationship due to language barriers, unknown territory and how big of an impact these limitations had.
The Puritan’s, as many would say “invaded” or in other words, settled on the Native’s land with no real means of harm but “I could not speak their language, nor they understand mine” (Seaver 3) said Mary Jemison, a …show more content…
The Native’s went as far as scalping Mary Jemison’s family in her presence and still, somehow, managed to earn her trust and respect.
She was taken back to their home and was adopted to “supply their loss” (Seaver 5) of a brother killed in action. This adoption was devastating for Mary but she remained optimistic and adjusted to the new lifestyle she was going to have to live. After Mary was “with the Indians something over a year, and had become considerably habituated to their mode of living, and attached to my sister” (Seaver 6) she had become happy. She even referred to a return to civilization a “second captivity” (Seaver 6). The fact that Mary had the ability to give forgiveness to the “savages” after what they had done speaks loudly on their behalf.
The Indians were very good people as well as the Puritan’s. Language barriers and unfamiliarity with the territory just caused so much conflict. No one tried to solve it civilly they all just jumped to conclusions. The situation ultimately ended poorly for both
The Puritan’s, as many would say “invaded” or in other words, settled on the Native’s land with no real means of harm but “I could not speak their language, nor they understand mine” (Seaver 3) said Mary Jemison, a …show more content…
The Native’s went as far as scalping Mary Jemison’s family in her presence and still, somehow, managed to earn her trust and respect.
She was taken back to their home and was adopted to “supply their loss” (Seaver 5) of a brother killed in action. This adoption was devastating for Mary but she remained optimistic and adjusted to the new lifestyle she was going to have to live. After Mary was “with the Indians something over a year, and had become considerably habituated to their mode of living, and attached to my sister” (Seaver 6) she had become happy. She even referred to a return to civilization a “second captivity” (Seaver 6). The fact that Mary had the ability to give forgiveness to the “savages” after what they had done speaks loudly on their behalf.
The Indians were very good people as well as the Puritan’s. Language barriers and unfamiliarity with the territory just caused so much conflict. No one tried to solve it civilly they all just jumped to conclusions. The situation ultimately ended poorly for both