Mary Rowlandson

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The paper discusses, introduces, and analyze the book "A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson" by Mary Rowlandson. Specifically it discusses Rowlandson's captivity with the Indians, and her strong will to survive. The paper notes that captured by marauding Indians in 1675, Mary Rowlandson lived with the Native Americans for several weeks before her husband managed to ransom her. Her strong will to survive, coupled with her equally strong belief in God helped her survive the ordeal, and helped her write about it after it had ended.

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"Rowlandson's narrative shows how difficult it was to keep on going, and how frightened she was of what was to come. As they left the area she knew and loved, she feels nothing but sorrow and pain. She writes, "But now, the next morning, I must turn my back upon the town, and travel with them into the vast and desolate wilderness, I knew not whither. It is not my tongue, or pen, can express the sorrows of my heart, and bitterness of my spirit that I had at this departure" (Rowlandson). She did not know it then, but she would not see her home again for over three months, and when she returned, she would find nothing left standing, and no one but Indians in the area."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson" by Mary Rowlandson.

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