The texts La Relación, Of Plymouth Plantation, Huswifery, and The History of the Dividing Line show that a person’s outlook can be affected by many things, but the most contributing factors are often the most obscure; a person’s background, morals, and perspective can have a great effect on their opinions. In other words, someone who experiences something firsthand will have a much different and likely more positive view of the situation, and a person’s background and original morals have the greatest change in what people might consider personal opinion. Therefore, peoples’ opinions are most impacted by their initial opinions, morals, and perspective.
In Cabeza de Vaca’s La Relacion, and William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation, they discuss …show more content…
For example, he shows how he views things through different perspectives when he says, “And, in earnest, had the English consulted their own security and the good of the colony, had they intended either to civilize or convert these gentiles, they would have brought their stomachs to embrace this prudent alliance” (Byrd 133). Byrd has an extremely realistic, and rational point of view on things; although, they may not be as accurate, as he did not experience much of what he wrote about firsthand. Byrd shows his logic here very clearly; even though he is English, he talks about the situation from a third person viewpoint. The author means to give insight on what he would do if he were the colonists, hypothetically. He also wishes to show that he believes religion is much too strict, and that the colonists should act more sensibly. Although, if we compare Byrd’s view to a Puritan’s, like Taylor’s, we get a much different point of view and opinion, like when Taylor says, “Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheel complete” (Taylor 129). Taylor is using this metaphor of a spinning wheel to show that he and everyone else is God’s to control, and that as God controls everything, we cannot contradict him. To a reader this is interesting because it shows how someone’s moral backgrounds can completely alter their opinion of someone or something. To conclude, in “The History of the Dividing Line”, Byrd shows his rationalistic worldview, especially compared to a Puritan like Taylor’s strict
In Cabeza de Vaca’s La Relacion, and William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation, they discuss …show more content…
For example, he shows how he views things through different perspectives when he says, “And, in earnest, had the English consulted their own security and the good of the colony, had they intended either to civilize or convert these gentiles, they would have brought their stomachs to embrace this prudent alliance” (Byrd 133). Byrd has an extremely realistic, and rational point of view on things; although, they may not be as accurate, as he did not experience much of what he wrote about firsthand. Byrd shows his logic here very clearly; even though he is English, he talks about the situation from a third person viewpoint. The author means to give insight on what he would do if he were the colonists, hypothetically. He also wishes to show that he believes religion is much too strict, and that the colonists should act more sensibly. Although, if we compare Byrd’s view to a Puritan’s, like Taylor’s, we get a much different point of view and opinion, like when Taylor says, “Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheel complete” (Taylor 129). Taylor is using this metaphor of a spinning wheel to show that he and everyone else is God’s to control, and that as God controls everything, we cannot contradict him. To a reader this is interesting because it shows how someone’s moral backgrounds can completely alter their opinion of someone or something. To conclude, in “The History of the Dividing Line”, Byrd shows his rationalistic worldview, especially compared to a Puritan like Taylor’s strict