America: The Abundant and John Downe´s Letter to His Wife Convincing her to Move to America

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America: The Abundant Downe travels to America in search for a job, leaving his family behind to support them through money. Downe convinces his wife and children to emigrate to live a more prosperous life in America spanning from an enthusiastic tone to one of sincerity. In the first paragraph, Downe gives the impression that America lacks starvation to make his family more eager to leave England and start a better life. Downe exaggerates the abundance of food as the table piles high with “pudding, pyes, and fruit of all kind that was in season, and everything that a person could wish”. Through the imagery of food, he discusses the benefits of living in America by exaggerating how easy it is to get food here compared to England. Downe 's enthusiasm towards the ease of obtaining food and the vivid description of the variety of food already available suggests that America can solve his family's current problem of starvation. Downe describes his new life in America as “having a barrel of cider holding 32 gallons, for 4s., and 100 lbs. of beef for 10s”. To persuade his wife, Downe u...

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