All throughout their lives‚ Mary and William were faced with difficult hardships that tested their faith in their Puritan beliefs. They each found a way to overcome their hardships by finding peace and understanding through their religion. A hardship that Mary Rowlandson had to face was when she and her children were both kidnapped from their home by the Wampanoag tribe. As a prisoner‚ she had to deal with starvation and feared for her life. She maintained strong in her faith and tried to find a
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Mary Rowlandson: The Sovereignty and Goodness of God There are numerous occasions in Mary Rowlandson’s account where she specifies the condition of her soul. She began to think about whether she is reviled. She stressed that God would not demonstrate her benevolence and she was sorry to say there were no more endowments left for her. By now‚ she had been divided from her family (the individuals who were still alive)‚ she viewed her most youthful youngster pass on‚ and she was eager and exhausted
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A Clash of Cultures Mary Rowlandson’s “The Account of Mary Rowlandson and Other Indian Captivity Narratives” shows two different sides of the Indian people. This narrative describes Rowlandson’s experience as a captive of an Indian tribe that raided the town of Lancaster in 1676. Following her capture Rowlandson is treated no better than an animal‚ and has no type of freedom what so ever. Even so‚ after living with the Indians for some time‚ they start to treat her more like a person by
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the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚ Equiano gives a clear sense of how his early cultural beliefs play a role in his later life. I argue that Equiano’s early cultural beliefs in providence influenced his perception of subsequent events in his life. Through Equiano’s eyes Providence was the guiding force that had sustained him through his spiritual and physical slavery to freedom. In the beginning of Equiano’s writings‚ he gives great detail to the events of his early life. Equiano does this not to bore
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the New Frontier Although Mary Rowlandson‚ in "A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson‚" appears to be a selfish‚ holier-than-thou Puritan woman‚ a close reading of the text indicates that Mary behaves predictably during her captivity with the Indians and suffered from what is currently referred to as Stockholm Syndrome‚ an unconscious psychological response and defense mechanism exhibited by hostages in their will to survive. Mary exhibits the following characteristics
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Sides of Man Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Paine dispute the belief that Britain is more civilized than the countries it has colonized. Equiano is able to subtly assert his argument by disguising himself as “an unlettered African” who is a “most obedient‚ And devoted humble Servant” to Britain‚ but actually views himself and his culture as equivalently or exceedingly superior to that of the Britain society (Equiano v). In his autobiography‚ The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789)‚ he strategically
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on me than any of the other stories. Equiano plays on people’s sentiments and morals by using rhetorical devices: ethos and pathos. His story appeals to me because I cannot conceive what it would be like to be persecuted and enslaved just because of the color of one’s skin‚ a trait that they cannot help. Because of the well-executed practice of rhetorical devices‚ I can imagine the trip of the Middle Passage‚ aboard the ship myself. The author‚ Olaudah Equiano‚ uses logos: vivid imagery and good
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Treachery of thy Forest Mary Rowlandson (1636-1711) a puritan women‚ held as a prisoner by the Native Americans and forced to travel‚ “some 150 miles‚ from Lancaster to Menamaset then north to Northfield and across the Connecticut river.”(10) was not a writer however had her book‚ A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson published. The book was released for the‚ “public at the earnest desire of some friends‚ and for the benefit of the afflicted”(5-6) and Young Goodman
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Equiano Equiano‚ as far as slaves go‚ was very lucky. Very few slaves of that time were treated as kindly as Equiano and throughout his years of enslavement he continually got passed from one kind master to another kind master. Equiano ’s continued good fortune can be traced to two good fortunes. The first would be being too young to get sold saving him from the likely fate of becoming a west indies plantation slave. The second lucky instance was having Captain Pascal spot Equiano and like him
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to the Colonial Period. Olaudah Equiano‚ or Gustavus Vassa‚ the son of a chief‚ was born around 1745. Equiano lived in Essaka‚ a Nigerian village. At age 11‚ Olaudah and his sister was kidnapped and brought to the new world. During the time spent on the ship‚ Olaudah witnessed rape and mutilation. He even witnessed someone being severely beaten until his or her bones were broken. Sold into slavery at such a young age in present-day Virginia to a planter‚ Equiano was later bought by a British naval
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