How The Differences Of Communication Between John And Abigail Adams

In the 18th and 19th century, letters were the only form of communication between two people who were far apart from one another. John and Abigail Adams wrote letters to communicate with one another due to John’s political work and his move to Paris. The twenty-six years that John was gone, he spent ten of those years in Paris and the rest in Philadelphia. During these years Abigail Adams had to work on her land and with her children as well as taking over the work that John focused on. Between this time, they both exchanged around three-hundred letters and these letters were filled with everything from political ideals to their personal lives. (582-583). In the Letters such as “Classical Parallels” and “Remember the Ladies”, Abigail Adams

Abigail exhibits different tones and emotions throughout the different letters that she writes to John. She embraces her emotions through her fears for the United States and her children, while she embraces these fears she also informs John of how she longs for him to reach out to her and for the next letter to come. Her longing for her husband creates a sense of anger towards the reader. Her tone changes from hopeful to cross as she speaks about her husband's absence. Abigail states in her letters called “Classical Parallels”, “I want much to hear from you. I long impatiently to have you upon the Stage of Action” (Adams 585). Abigail’s tone changes swiftly between letters and compared to her husband John, she has much more emotion when she is writing. Comparing John’s writing to Abigail’s he does not use as much emotions as Abigail does, this is a curious observation due to their distance between one another. Abigail Adams in the article “Stillbirth and Sensibility” written by Barker Benfield, Abigail is portrayed as a strong woman who endured a heart wrenching stillbirth. During this time in her life, John Adams was about to leave for England on Revolutionary matters. With the absence of John, Abigail went through an emotional battle which could have led to how she wrote to John in the letters in which they exchanged. The author explains Abigail's feelings towards John (Benfield). Benfield states, “she told him how

However these women have very different writing styles. Wheatly uses poems to encourage and inspire students to not become bad Christians, and to never forget what Jesus did for them. Wheatly states, “See Him with hands out-stretched upon the cross; Immense compassion in his bosom glows” (717). Comparing the writing styles of these two women, Wheatley puts a focus on God and Christianity, while Abigail Adams uses her emotions and her connection to politics to get her point across to the reader, which in her case is John Adams. However when you compare these two women, Wheatley references not forgetting God, and Adams references not forgetting women. Abigail Adams states in “Remember the Ladies”, “If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion” (591). Although these women have two different styles of writing they both know what their main goal is and they get their point across with their intense and intelligent writing. Like Abigail Adams, Wheatley is also concerned with independence in America. In the poem, “To His Excellency General Washington”, Phillis Wheatly is addressing George Washington to address the issues of freedom in the new United States, in this poem she states, “While freedom’s cause her anxious breast alarms, She flashes dreadful in refulgent arms” (723). These lines from her poem reference the stress of war, and how the United