Summary Of Barbarous Beasts By Mary Rowlandsson

The narrative characterizes as monsters and cruel people. In the fifth paragraph which is on page 259, Mary Rowlandson refers to the Indians as "ravenous beasts" (p 259) . In the text, she never refers to them as humans. Even in the very next paragraph she refers to them as "barbarous creatures" (p 259). From the fifth paragraph, Rowlandson most likely referred to the Indians as these creatures and beasts because she feared them. In the paragraph she explains how she would rather be killed than captured by the Indians and taken away, then theres a change of mind when she sees their weapons (p 259). This paragraph caused me to realize that the Indians were intimidating and really were viewed as monsters. This shows that they
had no remorse for the actions they have done and did not care if the person was male or female.