To begin, Rowlandson assists the reader in seeing and hearing the panic and fear taking place during the Indians raid on the village, “several Houses were burning, and the Smoke ascending to Heaven”[231]. Rowlandson’s frontier village became the aim o

Lastly, Rowlandson’s detail in taste can lead the reader to feel almost repulsed by the disgusting food. The reader can identify with Rowlandson’s desperate measures used to feed not only the body but also spirit, “…yet it was hard to get down their filthy trash”[239]. The reader can comprehend the space of time before the captives were offered any nourishment, “It was nine days from the first…except a little cold water”[235]. The reader can almost taste the food that was not fully cooked, “ …and eat it as it was, with the blood about my mouth, and yet a savory bit it was to me”[241]. Rowlandson’s hardship continued as even the simplest of foods began to sound incredible, “…a Pancake…never tasted pleasanter meat in my life”[243]. Throughout the duration of Rowlandson’s captivity, “…almost three months…”[230], she endured day after day of human aguish that many would have rather died than face such hardships.

Secondly, Mary Rowlandson’s use of touch so vividly takes the reader beyond imagination, for instance, “one bullet went through my side, and the same (as would seem) through the bowels and hand of my dear Child in my arms” [232]. All the while the reader can truly feel the discomfort and

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