William Bradford and John Smith were two adventurous men that had an overwhelming desire to move over to the new world. They had their many differences, but both shared the same love and respect for the new world. William was a loyal, kind man who moved hoping to find a way to allow purists to worship their Lord in complete freedom. John Smith on the other hand was an egotistic ladies man who moved hoping to find fame and freedom to do whatever he so chose. Both lads wrote down their adventures and sent their writings back to the mainland hoping for different outcomes. John and William had completely different themes and styles of writing; and they had completely different motives, but they did have a few similarities in writing as well. Why …show more content…
However, Bradford told of a different story, he told of how kind and respectful these natives were. Smith had the desire to appear heroic, so he told of how tough he was to fight against these natives. Bradford wanted to show how lovely the new world was to convince more people to come, he showed how they even had dinner together where the natives and the pilgrims got along in sweet harmony. Both chaps had utterly different motives for writing. Powell 2 Each man had their own reasons for the style in which they wrote. John wrote more of how wonderful the land was and was very elaborate in how he worded it. He, at one point, called the new world “Heaven on Earth.” William, however, wrote it more like a story. He went through his life and journeys on the new world and how it affected him. John tried to make it seem like somewhere that you could come and do anything you want with endless freedom. William told it how it was; all of the people were kind, the land was nice, etc. Smith wanted anyone and everyone to come. William just wanted the loyal, caring people to come; he wanted the new world to be a peaceful, loving sanctum. Even in their endless differences, the fellows had their likenesses as well. They both