A Narrative Of The Captivity Mary Rowlandson Summary
“Faith in the Face of Affliction”
On the tenth of February 1676, a literary masterpiece was started in the mind of a woman who endured traumatic experiences by being taken captive by hostile Indians. Mary Rowlandson made history by writing a testament of her unfortunate events that took place during her eighty three days of captivity. This literary piece is known as “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”. This story was a personal recollection of Rowlandson’s life as a prisoner of war, taken captive by the Algonquians during King Phillip’s war in 1675 (Rosenmeier 255). This narrative was composed of great adventure, courage, a look into the lives of the Indian people, and most importantly religious devotion. When reading Rowlandson’s narrative, there may be different interpretations of why Rowlandson wrote about her captivity. Some may feel that it was written to reveal the lives of the Indian world …show more content…
She was released to her family and she rejoices and praises God many times throughout this final chapter. Her reflections of her captivity are powerful. She tells how she has seen the “extreme vanity of the world”. How she has been wealthy and in need of nothing and then suffering from sickness, hunger and having nothing but sorrow and affliction (Rowlandson 288). The greatest example of Rowlandson’s testament to her faith was when she attests to her audience: “Affliction I wanted, and affliction I had, full measure (I thought), pressed down and running over. Yet I see when God calls a person to do something, no matter how hard, he will always carry them through and show that they have gained something from it” (Rowlandson, 288). Rowlandson set an example to all those who read her story that the mind is a powerful thing; having a faith in God provided the strength and courage she needed to face even the hardest challenges and allow her to
On the tenth of February 1676, a literary masterpiece was started in the mind of a woman who endured traumatic experiences by being taken captive by hostile Indians. Mary Rowlandson made history by writing a testament of her unfortunate events that took place during her eighty three days of captivity. This literary piece is known as “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”. This story was a personal recollection of Rowlandson’s life as a prisoner of war, taken captive by the Algonquians during King Phillip’s war in 1675 (Rosenmeier 255). This narrative was composed of great adventure, courage, a look into the lives of the Indian people, and most importantly religious devotion. When reading Rowlandson’s narrative, there may be different interpretations of why Rowlandson wrote about her captivity. Some may feel that it was written to reveal the lives of the Indian world …show more content…
She was released to her family and she rejoices and praises God many times throughout this final chapter. Her reflections of her captivity are powerful. She tells how she has seen the “extreme vanity of the world”. How she has been wealthy and in need of nothing and then suffering from sickness, hunger and having nothing but sorrow and affliction (Rowlandson 288). The greatest example of Rowlandson’s testament to her faith was when she attests to her audience: “Affliction I wanted, and affliction I had, full measure (I thought), pressed down and running over. Yet I see when God calls a person to do something, no matter how hard, he will always carry them through and show that they have gained something from it” (Rowlandson, 288). Rowlandson set an example to all those who read her story that the mind is a powerful thing; having a faith in God provided the strength and courage she needed to face even the hardest challenges and allow her to