The Unredeemed Captivity Summary
Summary: The Unredeemed Captive is a story that gives a new perspective towards how people thought of early American history. John Demo’s writes about a man named John Williams and his family. This is not an ordinary story, rather this is a story of the events on February 29th, 1704 and the events after. John Williams a Puritan minister, and his family lived in Massachusetts before they were captured by a group of Frenchmen and Native Americans. The William’s family next obstacle is to march to Canada. This novel demonstrates the inner conflict what the William’s family had to face in order to survive. Also, this novel relates to what is present in that time era, during this time of revolution, there was no understanding of peace, rather it was about power. Lastly one of the most important characters; Eunice
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Connecting our class textbook “America A Narrative History” by David Emory Shi and George Brown Tindall helped me see the factual based perspective in the early 1700’s. During class discussions I was briefed by facts because it is history and only novels like The Unredeemed Captive can show a demonstration of the themes that involve culture, race, and religion. It is very important to understand the relevance of what was happening at the time this story took place. Without understanding the events that were taking place in the 1700’s, I would have been completely lost throughout this novel. Also, our class discussions helped relate the importance of religion. Religion was based on governments and culture. The Unredeemed Captive is a story on the difference between how two different cultures and religion intertwine. In history our foundation is all built on religion and culture. Without knowing the history of civilizations, colonies, and another group of communities I would not have understood the relevance of the conflict between the Puritan community and the Indian community in the
Connecting our class textbook “America A Narrative History” by David Emory Shi and George Brown Tindall helped me see the factual based perspective in the early 1700’s. During class discussions I was briefed by facts because it is history and only novels like The Unredeemed Captive can show a demonstration of the themes that involve culture, race, and religion. It is very important to understand the relevance of what was happening at the time this story took place. Without understanding the events that were taking place in the 1700’s, I would have been completely lost throughout this novel. Also, our class discussions helped relate the importance of religion. Religion was based on governments and culture. The Unredeemed Captive is a story on the difference between how two different cultures and religion intertwine. In history our foundation is all built on religion and culture. Without knowing the history of civilizations, colonies, and another group of communities I would not have understood the relevance of the conflict between the Puritan community and the Indian community in the