Compare And Contrast Byrd And Bradford

Although Byrd and Bradford were both writing about the same topic, they had very different purposes for writing each of their articles. In Bradford and Byrd’s articles, they both examined the early settlers and both perceived them differently. Bradford described the settlers as very hardworking and determined. They were willing to do anything and everything to be successful in the new country. On their journey to America they had a lot of troubles, including problems with their ship, but that did not let it stop them. “… and for the buckling of the main beam, there was a great iron screw the passengers brought out of Holland, which would raise the main beam into his place…”(Bradford 55). The early settlers were very resourceful and quick

It showed how religious Bradford and the people were. Along with Bradford’s tone being religious, he was also very respectful. When he talked about the relationships with the Indians, he was very grateful towards them and respected them a lot. “…but Squanto continued with them and was their interpreter and was a special instrument sent of God for their good beyond their expectation” (Bradford 59). Whenever he talked about the Indians, he never talked about them in an ill manner, almost thanking them for their hard work and help. As Bradford’s tone was very religious and respectful, Byrd’s was almost the opposite. Byrd’s tone was very humorous and judgmental. He mocked and the Puritans and poked fun of everything they did.“… they built a church that cost no more than fifty pounds and a tavern that cost five hundred…” (Byrd 76). By using a humorous tone, he accused them of being drunkards and not as religious as they made it seem. He is also very judgmental towards their beliefs. “By this piece of policy we find the French interest very much strengthened amongst the savages and their religion, such as it is, propagated just as far as their love” (Byrd 77). He made their religion sound like a bad thing, calling it a disease that needed to be

Bradford was very objective in writing his piece, separating himself completely from the writing and not putting any of his opinions into it. “If they looked behind them, there was the mighty ocean which they had passed and was now as a main bar and gulf to separate them from all parts of the world…” (Bradford 57). In this passage, he used the pronoun “they and them” instead of “I and me”, totally taking himself out of the passage, trying to make it as objective as he could. Not only did he separate himself from it, he was also there when it happened, so he had a first hand experience on what happened. “These troubles being blown over, and now all being compact together in one ship, they put to see again with a prosperous wind, which continued divers days together…” (Bradford 55). He knew exactly what was happening and experienced all of the hardships and troubles, unlike Byrd. Byrd wrote his piece almost a hundred years later, therefore, he is not as credible due to the fact he does not know exactly what happened. “The ships that carried them made a shift to find a more direct way to Virginia…”(Byrd 75). This quote proves that he was not of the ship when the Puritans did, and the only reason why he knows that it happened was from records of it, not him being there. Not only was he not there, he also put his personal thoughts and opinions into it. “For, after all that can be said, a sprightly lover is