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Essay Archive - New England: A Matter of Perspective
New England: A Matter of Perspective
John Smith's A Description of New England and William Bradford's Of
Plymouth Plantation both present a picture of the same pre-colonial land of New
England. Mr. Smith's writing, out of necessity, painted a rosy picture of the
new land, while Bradford's historical account shows early New England was not
Heaven on Earth. Mr. Bradford and Mr. Smith are writing about one land, but
they present two different accounts of the life in the land.
John Smith's writing is his ideal vision of what the new land could be
with the best of people colonizing the new land. John Smith's fine piece....
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