Native_American_Captivity

Native American Captivity D.H. Lawrence’s view of American spirit in his essay, “Spirit of Place,” coincides with the account of Mary Rowlandson’s emotions and experiences in, “A Narrative of the captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson.” D.H. Lawrence writes about a false sense of freedom in America, in which people do not understand nor cherish their freedom until their basic liberties are stripped away from them. Through Mary Rowlandson’s captivity and drastic change in her lifestyle, we can see a greater appreciation of daily life and a true sense of freedom develop. The United States of America has always been a country that is based on freedom. Even before this country was established, the Pilgrims came to live in America to get away from the British government and for freedom of life and religion. On the road to gaining independence from Britain, the ideal of freedom in this country still remained evident. The founding fathers of our nation wrote laws, founding the United States of America upon ideals that will keep citizens free from government in many aspects of their life, such as freedom of speech and right to vote or not vote. The closing lyrics rowlandson, freedom, life, native, americans, mary, captive, true, rowlandson’s, one, master, free, because, way, taken, sense, old, lawrence, captivity, back, america, town, people, normal, new, living, go, fed, false, even, doing, week, through, stripped, out