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Compare And Contrast William Bradford And The Pilgrims

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In the following essay we will be comparing two people's personal accounts of a period in their life. We will be comparing William Bradford, a leader among the pilgrims that arrived on the continent of America on the Mayflower. Aso we will be comparing Cabeza de Vaca who was a Spanish explorer, and got ship wrecked in America and lived among the Native Americans from 1529-1534. In the the letters of Cabeza de Vaca, we will see the journey that de Vaca takes as he is stranded among the Native Americans. The Letters start in 1529, and de vaca explains how he was stranded. After that, he explains to you the culture of the Natives he is staying with. Also de Vaca takes you amongst other Natives cultures as he travels with their tribes. …show more content…

His journey starts in England, when he set off for America because of the dangers of being a pilgrim in England at the time. He set off for America in a ship called the Mayflower, and after many hard months at sea; Most of which led to disease and death,and after being blown off course his Pilgrims touched down in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Bradford's personal accounts, show us the hardships him and his Pilgrims faced with their first few years of Plymouth. One can see a message appear among Bradford's writing if they look closely. That message is to never give up, and the importance of teamwork as well as a good leader. One can see this in the following statement “ It was answered, that all great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and must be both enterprised and overcome with great difficulties”( Bradford 126). In this statement one can see that bradford has a tremendous amount of leadership skills, and thrives to make his people work together toward a common goal. Bradford had a very common English Point of view, for example “ The savage people who are cruel, barbarous and most treacherous”(Bradford 126). In this statement Bradford show his Opinion of natives americans, which is very similar to the stereotype of the

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