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Ethos In Of Plymouth Plantation

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In the narrative, Of Plymouth Plantation, William Bradford tells his perspective of life in the new world. Bradford was a separatist who had fears of being persecuted, so he fled from Great Britain to Holland, where he lived for about a decade. In 1620, Bradford, his wife, and a group of other separatists decided to travel to America. Bradford and his crew traveled on the Mayflower to Cape Cod, where his wife passed away. Then they continued their journey to Plymouth. In Bradford's writing, he described life in America and the difficulties he encountered. Bradford has shown signs of being biased; however, in the end he has credibility as an author. He establishes his ‘ethos’, or credibility, by experiencing these events first hand. The fact
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