Summary Of Plimouth Plantation

The excerpt from William Bradford's Of Plimouth Plantation tells the story of the journey on the Mayflower and the arrival in the New World. Before the disembarkation, the settlers dealt with “the vast ocean and a sea of troubles before in their preparation.” Along with their battle with the ocean, the pilgrims experienced misfortune before, during, and after arriving in the New World. Bradford uses nature both literally and metaphorically in order to recount the trials and tribulations that the early settlers faced. The settlers’ continued to experience adversity once they arrived in North America. They had “no friends to welcome them,” “no inns,” and “no houses or much less towns.” Furthermore, they arrived during a brutal winter,