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Literature
Think about the three readings for this week -- readings from three different viewpoints: Pilgrim
(William Bradford), Anglican (Thomas Morton), and Puritan (John Winthrop). How do these
three perspectives support or contradict your vision of the founding of America?
Pilgrims
o
Separatists. Came to escape persecution and for religious freedom.
Anglicans
o
Seemed to come mostly for industry and trade.
Puritans
o
Came to spread their religion.
A
Comparison
of
Pilgrims,
Anglicans,
and
Puritans
Puritan
Literature
A Narrative of the Captivity and
Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson was
a best seller because it was entertaining,
suspenseful, thrilling, and very well written.
Through Rowlandsons vivid diction, a
reader could easily become absorbed in the
story, feeling as though he were actually
there. She carries the reader through her
adventures, describing in graphic detail each
leg of the journey. Unlike pure fiction, this
chronicle did not come from someones
imagination, which made it even more
gripping. Who doesnt want to read a good
adventure tale?
Rowlandson wrote, I have thought since of
the wonderfull [sic] goodness of God to me,
in preserving me in the use of my reason and
senses. Given the theme of deliverance by a
merciful, all-powerful God, the narrative
was very definitely a Puritan work of
literature.
Rowlandsons unshakable faith in God, even
in the midst of horror and extreme
circumstances, was ultimately what brought
her home. She considered killing herself
after her little child died, but credited God
that she then did not use wicked and violent
means to end my own miserable life. Again
and again, she was brought back from the
brink of despair, as she recounted
comforting Scriptures throughout her time
of captivity. Had she lost faith, she
undoubtedly would have lost her life, most