John Smith and William Bradford's Literary Compositions

             Compare and Contrast of two Authors.

             In the story "The General History Of Virginia" by John Smith, was a story on how he made people come to the new world. John Smith style of writing was more poetic than Bradford's, John Smith used lots af adjectives. And William Bradford he was a plain writer he did not use any special words he would use normal words and to his point. Even though these men lived the same time period they were still totally different from each other. John Smith and William Bradford were both really prejudice and hated the Indians, But towards the end William Bradford became nice to them and John Smith was still making fun of them.

             John Smith's and William Bradford's writting was quite different then each others. John Smith always exaggerated in his writting not to always to make everything boring. He is very poetic and also uses lots of adjectives. And William Bradford he was a very simple writer, and always wrote things to the point. He never wanted to make anything not simple, he always wanted the reader to understand what was going on in the story instead of being lost.

             John Smith's purpose in writing this work was to make himself look like a hero, to make people come to the new world. In John Smith's work he always made fun of the Indians like he was the greatest one then everybody. William Bradford's purpose in writing was to teach people. He directed them how to set their corn, where to take fish, and to procure other commodities, and was also their pilot to bring them to unknown places for their profit, and never left them till he died.

             John Smith and William Bradford were very mean to the Indians and hated them all together, but towards the end William Bradford started liking them. "All this while the Indians came shulking about them, and would sometimes show themselves aloof off, but when any approached near them, they would run away; and once they stole away their tools where they had been at work and were gone to dinner", that was the Indian Relations.

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