The Captive Differences: Rowlandson Vs. Smith

The Captive Differences between Rowlandson and Smith
There was a time where Native Americans ruled the plains with an iron fist, a time where their authority was unmatched by civilized law and when puritans and early settlers alike shook with fear and respect for their Barbaric Neighbors. Why did the Natives show such ferocity? Perhaps the early settlers, not only forced their beliefs, but forced the natives out of their land as well. Anger, anarchy, and revelry spread like a plague and in the midst of its ravaging invasion, stories of those who were caught in its path and those who survived shared their stories. Individuals such as John Smith and Mary Rowlandson were some of the few who lived through the atrocities and managed to log them. The differences and the similarities of their captures are up
Both endured a form of slavery and imprisonment and both were forced to reckon with nature and alien like cultures and customs. Both were held on a pedestal made of their own potential to survive. They each furthered their skill and grit in order to take on the elements. However, of the two, John Smith has a reinforced foundation as a narrator due to what little he had to lose other than his life and rather than being tortured he established a trade agreement and was later assimilated into the tribe nearly becoming one of them . Mary Rowlandson, however had a substantial amount to lose such as the respect of her fellow settlers, regression, and wellbeing. The events that took place within her capture differentiate from those of john Smith. Mary Rowlandson was never fully assimilated and formed no such bond with her captors. Though, both have their differences, both narratives are nothing short of remarkable. Tales of survival and assimilation are by far the most enduring. Though both narrators have their differences, their reliability and their stories are nothing more than captivating and