Compare And Contrast William Bradford And John Smith

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Discovering the new world wasn’t done at the same time by both William Bradford and John Smith; so there are bound to be differences and some similarities between their two writings. Which I will illustrate to you in the next paragraph.
Smiths and Bradford texts differ in the way that smith is writing as if it is supposed to be a novel. Saying things that are action scenes that actually keep the readers intrigued to continue reading. Meaning he is putting himself third person. Some evidence in the text that he uses to entertain readers is when he exaggerates the incident of when they have no food and he says “… when god, the patron of all good endeavors, [made the Indians give gifts of food to the settlers]. Which wasn’t even needed but he …show more content…

To start off, Smith tries to the persuade anybody to come to the new world. He does this by exaggerating all the good thing about the new world. For instance when he says “What can be more [fun then being able to plant plants, fruits and herbs at your own leisure]. He totally avoids the point that there are Indians in this place, also, that they don’t even know if their friendly or not. This is a contrast in the way that Bradford tries to persuade the upcoming generation. He does this by giving his own perspective of what he is or has been going through. For instance when he tells about all the deaths that happened on the voyage on the way to the new world or the turkey diner they had with the Indians.
However, both writers do agree on one issue: the New World should be inhabited and settled, while hard-working white men should fill it. But both go in different directions of how the new found land should be used. John Smith dreams of making businesses and factories and conquering the Natives; on the other hand, William Bradford wants New England to be a place of refuge for his

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