Plymouth Plantation each present a different picture of the same pre-colonial land of New

England. Smith's writing painted a colorful picture of the

new land, whereas Bradford's historical account shows early New England was not

Heaven on Earth. Mr. Bradford and Mr. Smith are writing about one land, but

they present two different accounts of the life in the land.

John Smith's writing is his ideal vision of what the new land could be

with the best of people colonizing the new land. John Smith's fine piece of

literature may also be considered a beautifully worded, finely tuned piece of

propaganda. Mr. Smith wrote this selection to influence people to leave their

lives in England and cross the globe to start a new life in a strange land.

John Smith described a a land where little work was needed, and riches could be

easily acquired. A man with little fishing ability could catch one hundred, two

hundred, or three hundred fish a day.

general area. Both men see the colonization of the new land as a great

truth in Providence, but it was not easy for the Pilgrims. Indian help and much

England in the late fall as fatal for many of the Pilgrims. The first winter

Plantation are so few that it is hard to believe they are even about the same

Pilgrims kept their faith though, and with time, the Lord blessed them. They

it all takes much work. The Pilgrims begin to grow crops, catch fish, and hunt

in the new land was never realized either. The settlers were not treated kindly

William Bradford faced are very different. The Pilgrims found that their basic

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