Benjamin Franklin's Argumentative Analysis
It’s no secret for anyone how Rowlandson felt about the Indians. Because of them, she lost her loved ones as well as her possessions. Clearly, no human being could offer some positive perspective on someone if they caused such pain. Franklin, on the other hand depicted the natives as more civilized than the Europeans. Additionally, he also points it out the discriminating remarks toward the natives when he describes the meeting of the white people to discuss how low they would pay for the products the natives were selling. Benjamin Franklin viewed the natives as superior in several ways; “The Indian Men, when young, are Hunters and Warriors; when old, Counsellors; for all their Government is by the Counsel or Advice of the Sages; there is no