In this letter, Abigail Adams’ is writing to her son, John Quincy Adams. At this time, John is rethinking his choice of returning to the second voyage in France. Adams’ starts out by addressing her son John with, “My dear son,” demonstrating her maternal relationship with her son. Further throughout the essay, Adams establishes exigence and distinguishes her expectations on the information her son will learn on his voyage. Adams is represented as trying to persuade John into becoming a leader and display skills which prove he is worthy to go on this voyage to France.
Adams enters the conversation by presenting her maternal relationship with her son. By this letter being addressed to, “My Dear,” this suggests that Adams is trying to show her love and care for John. Adams is proposing advice for her son and encouraging him to gain confidence in himself and feel worthy to proceed on this voyage. She wants to make it known that she is not trying to pressure her son. An example of this was presented when she wrote,“It will be expected of
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In the beginning of this letter, Adams provides her son with information on all of the things he would be exposed to on this journey. Going on this voyage will allow her son to “add justice, fortitude and manly virtue,” to his already great “ attention, diligence, and steady application skills.” She presents him this informations to hopefully boost his confidence and encourage him to go on the voyage. By presenting this advice in a loving and caring manner, Adams hopes that her son will gather up the courage to take his already great qualities and insert them into his voyage. She hopes that he will learn a great deal of new things and he will come back a better man, but these her her expectations for him and John is afraid he will not live up to them. Which is one of the intentions of writing this essay, to encourage John to gain confidence and pursue this