William_Bradford_Vs_John_Smith

William Bradford Vs John Smith Graham Anderson 2/07/02 William Bradford vs. John Smith It does not take close scrutiny to see that both John Smith’s essay “A Description of New England,” and the excerpts from Of Plymouth Plantation, by William Bradford, are both a collogue of elaborated ad dilated truths. Obviously, one cannot “kill in one day with his hook and line one, two, or three hundred cods…” as John Smith stated on page 21. Or overlook the exaggeration of William Bradford when he said about the Indians “the barbarians showed them no small kindness in refreshing them, but these savage barbarians, when they met them were readier to fill their sides with arrows than otherwise…” One must in this reading look to all sources and beneath the covering of opinions to find the real truth. Looking at these writings it must be taken into consideration that both men were writing from different perspectives, and for different reasons. William Bradford for instance, had just come ashore to an unknown land during the height of winter. After completing a three month voyage with roughly 120 people on a ship that was only 90 feet long and 23 feet bradford, william, smith, one, both, two, page, john, essay, england, different, writing, way, truths, took, three, small, reasons, people, new, must, heard, feet, barbarians, another, about, 21, wrote, written, writings, winter, wild, wife, wide, water