Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty And Goodness Of God

Religion is the fuel for Mary Rowlandson’s The Sovereignty and Goodness of God. The experience that she writes does not come from her choices, but rather the choices of God. As critical readers, we tend to magnify certain situations and the effect religion has on those situations. At times, we are influenced to believe Rowlandson because of her persuasive religious allusions. Simultaneously doubt runs through the readers mind bringing in question whether Rowlandson effectively uses religion or rather if it was used in a tawdry kind of way. We must examine different situations and how she uses strong constrasts to prove her points, but we must also look at the text as a whole to determine how effective religion is in this narrative.

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