... After that, she was called again to perform the same task and was paid a knife. Like the puritans Rowlandson uses a pain style of writing. The language she uses is uncomplicated and easy to understand. She dose not use references to other books except the bible. In one instance she ... "as he said". "He" is a Biblical allusion to Job. Like Rowlandson, "he" also lost his children. Mary Rowlandson expressed Puritan beliefs in her writing. She wrote, "still the lord upheld me," with her "sick child" in her lap. Puritans believed they must endure the hardships they faced in the ... will of ...

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... be found. Captain Smith was also responsible for putting some of the Indian myths and tales in print. Up until this time, the Indian had no formal writing of their tales. These myths, legends, tales, and lyrics all were passed down through an oral history. As can be expected a very diverse culture was ... scene as these times is William Bradford. A self educated man, he came to the new world via Holland with the Separatists. It was with his journal writings that we get the historical events that led him to write "Of Plymouth Plantation:. His very descriptive analysis of every thing around...

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