William Bradford Vs John Smith Essay

1.)John Smith was one of the first leaders in the New World and established the American archetype of a hard working hero. In order to attract more people to Virginia and New England John Smith wrote two pieces called "History of Virginia" and "Description on New England. Smith's first piece told the story of Jamestown and how badly the settlers suffered after Smith left them under the control of weak leadership. Smiths second piece vividly describes the plentiful resources in New England and how much money there was to be made through colonization. History of Virginia is written in the third person which is interesting because one usually doesn't talk about themselves in that point of view. Smith used the third person to show how great of …show more content…
While both of them promoted hard work they had slightly different political beliefs. Winthrop was a reformer while Bradford was a separatist and this can be seen throughout both of their writings. The main idea of Winthrop's "A Model for Christian Charity" is to work hard in order to become successful enough to help the rest of the world. In Winthrop's writing he creates the "City on a Hill metaphor" which represents Christian charitably. His message was that they needed to work hard in order to have excess resources that they could use to change the world." For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us," this quote shows that Winthrop believes that the puritans will be better than the rest of humanity and that they will need to give back in some way to improve the lives of others. The main Idea of William Bradford, on the other hand, is that the colonists need to help and work together in order to survive in the New World. Bradford's writing establishes the first set of rules in American civilization and how they will stay together in order to have