Post by rodriguezj15 on Sept 16, 2013 20:57:28 GMT -5
Joel Rodriguez
Mr. Thomas
English 11
September 16, 2013
A Narrative of Captivity
D. I love the line, “Where upon I earnestly entreated the Lord, that He would consider my low estate, and show me a token for good, and if it were His blessed will, some sign and hope of some relief. And indeed quickly the Lord answered, in some measure, my poor prayers (Rowlandson pg.38).” I like how in just an instance there is such a mood change, like a little bit of light shed. In the first half of the paragraph you read about a mom with dead child in her lap for days but then after this line everything is all uphill.
A. I like how this story can be used for personal help. The narrator of the story was probably going through the worst time of her life in the beginning of the story, being a captive and having her six year old child die, and her other two taken. But just by simply turning to the bible the weight on her shoulder lightened in this excerpt from the story, “So I took the Bible, and in that melancholy time… But the Lord helped me still to go on reading till I came to Chapter 30 the seven first verses, where I found, there was mercy promised again(Rowlandson pg.38).”
F. The relationship between the Indians and the narrator turns out to be a genuinely friendly but weird relationship. In reality the Indians have her captive and treat her as a captive at beginning too. They keep her sitting on her knees for nine days straight and barely give her enough food to survive. But the death of her child brings sympathy among the Indians. After her loss they connect with her even her master and King Phillips. Even unknown Indians welcome her, “told me they would buy me, if they were able, and yet these were strangers to me that I never saw before (Rowaldson 42).”
Mr. Thomas
English 11
September 16, 2013
A Narrative of Captivity
D. I love the line, “Where upon I earnestly entreated the Lord, that He would consider my low estate, and show me a token for good, and if it were His blessed will, some sign and hope of some relief. And indeed quickly the Lord answered, in some measure, my poor prayers (Rowlandson pg.38).” I like how in just an instance there is such a mood change, like a little bit of light shed. In the first half of the paragraph you read about a mom with dead child in her lap for days but then after this line everything is all uphill.
A. I like how this story can be used for personal help. The narrator of the story was probably going through the worst time of her life in the beginning of the story, being a captive and having her six year old child die, and her other two taken. But just by simply turning to the bible the weight on her shoulder lightened in this excerpt from the story, “So I took the Bible, and in that melancholy time… But the Lord helped me still to go on reading till I came to Chapter 30 the seven first verses, where I found, there was mercy promised again(Rowlandson pg.38).”
F. The relationship between the Indians and the narrator turns out to be a genuinely friendly but weird relationship. In reality the Indians have her captive and treat her as a captive at beginning too. They keep her sitting on her knees for nine days straight and barely give her enough food to survive. But the death of her child brings sympathy among the Indians. After her loss they connect with her even her master and King Phillips. Even unknown Indians welcome her, “told me they would buy me, if they were able, and yet these were strangers to me that I never saw before (Rowaldson 42).”