A Reference To God In Narrative Of The Captivity And Restoration Of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
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From the violent and brutal clash between Indians and British colonists in the Americas grew a new literary genre. The focus was mainly on the disruptive and brutle natives care towards the captivity of the colonists. Two writers during the 1600's portrayed their hardships while wading out captivi ....
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.... plunder for spiritual survival. "The Lord hereby would make us the more.... and to see that our help is always in Him" (Rowlandson, 34). Puritans believed themselves to be the chosen people of God. Rowlandson believed that God was punishing his people for breaking their special covenant. She described the relationship between the Indians and the colonists as one dealt with by God. As she surveyed her home after the attack by the Indians, she credited the destruction not to the Indians, but to G ....
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