Of Plymouth Plantation

they did not know the new land. In both Virginia and Plymouth Plantation the people travel to a different place to gain what they want and what they didn’t have where they lived. In the story of Virginia it is told in third person. Therefore this is because captain John Smith wants to compliment himself. He wants the readers to see how good and intelligent he is, but in reality he is very mean, and cruel with the people. Unlike in Plymouth Plantation William Bradford decides to tell the story in…

with protestant Pilgrims who wanted to separate from England in search of religious freedom and happiness to the “New World.” Bradford helped organize the journey of the Mayflower with more than 100 passengers. In the historical account, “Of Plymouth Plantations” William Bradford describes his personal perspective toward Native Americans and experiences from the point where Puritans also known as Pilgrims are on sea to their first thanksgiving with the Native Americans. Bradford also describes…

An american is everyone who is in this country and wants to be here to appreciate our freedoms and to make their life better. Whether a person is brought over to America for some reason or they choose to come here, they are American if they make their home here and gain a love of this country. They can come from all over the world which is what makes this country to diverse, and as some call it, The Melting Pot. From Equiano being brought over as a slave and then gaining his freedom, to the…

in the late 1800s, but the separation of cultures and beliefs in these regions began about three centuries before. Explorer John Smith, author of The General History of Virginia, and seeker of religious freedom William Bradford, author of Of Plymouth Plantation, both wrote vastly different essays depicting their experiences while they explored and settled on land that would become America two centuries later. John Smith settled in the South while Bradford resided in the North, and in these…

William Bradford carefully documented the reasons that his religious sect migrated so far from home in his book Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation. The “Pilgrims”, as Bradford named his spiritual peers, eventually traversed the Atlantic motivated by two main factors. Their perceived belief in the failure of the English Reformation was the first factor. The second factor was as a result of the issues that arose when they sought religious freedom in places outside of England. These factors…

Imagine that you are on your own, starting a new world like the Pilgrims did, what would your first impulse be? Would it be to create you perfect world, with no rules set in place, or would it be to create order and have strict rules? When the Pilgrims landed, they had to set up a place to live, and they had to start over again from scratch, starting with government and such. Jim Jones started off with the idea of a place where everyone could come and feel welcome, but when his ideas became too…

The difference between the story of Captain John Smith in the General History of Virginia, and William Bradford in Of Plymouth Plantation. Captain John Smith was a British soldier, he’s a founder of the American colony of Jamestown. He traveled in purpose to seek what he wanted, and that is to become wealthy. While William Bradford is an English separatist, the leader of the Plymouth colony. They are known as the Pilgrims, but before that they were originally known as the Old Comers and their…

which they differ is their writing styles. In Smith's The General History, the point of view is third-person. This allows for Smith to successfully speak about himself in a very gracious manner without seeming excessively vain. Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation is written in almost a journal-like manner. The writing allows readers to see Bradford's influence on the colony. Also since Bradford's life is very heavily based off of his Puritan religion, his writings include his religious beliefs…

Bradford and Equiano have narratives with differing tone, audience, and purpose. However, both narratives align in experiences and values. Horrific circumstances and the value of human life are expressed in Bradford’s "of Plymouth Plantation" and Equiano’s "An Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.” First, both narrators endure horrific circumstances in essentially the same situations. The ships are stricken with sickness and conditions, whether it be nature or people causing it.…

own personal belongings. She starts to calm down knowing that she isn't going to be part of the Elect if she behaves in that manner. Puritans believed that a group of people called the Elect were chosen by God for salvation. In the story Of Plymouth plantation by William Bradford, Bradford talks a lot about the pilgrims and how they are grateful and thankful. He says, “Being thus arrived…