Compare And Contrast John Smith And William Bradford

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John Smith and William Bradford gave very different descriptions of the new world. John Smith, who was a pilgrim, wrote many things about the new world with rose-tinted spectacles. His intention for his audience while writing his journal and book, was to show people that the new world was everything you can imagine with no resistance. Another pilgrim named William Bradford also wrote a book called, “Of Plymouth Plantation”, in witch he tells the true story on how the pilgrims really lived. For example, Smith begins to tell about the pleasure and content that risking your life for getting your own piece of land brings to men, meanwhile William writes about the trip to the new world and tell us how harsh and difficult it was for the pilgrims