Essay - John Smith's Account of Jamestown Has Come Under Attack on...

John Smith's account of Jamestown has come under attack on several occasi*****s but so has everything Smith ever wrote concerning his voyages. Smith is credited for the discovery of life in the wilderness that resulted in first permanent English Speaking settlement in the New World. Upon his return to England, he wrote about Virg*****ia and explained that in this wilderness exist ***** but people are more secular and materialistic than committed to God. It must be noted here that ***** those days when English settlers came ***** various places and decided to establish colonies there, their main purpose was trade. But ***** was certainly not the only *****. Many of them actually were interested in spreading Christianity ***** thus they came ***** places where Christianity was wane or absent. His motives and aspirations could thus be similar. We do not know if Smith was a missionary as well. But it appears that his exploration of the area gave him a clear idea of the lack of god in the lives of the natives. ***** o*****r purpose ***** have *****en to do trade but various his*****rian records appear to highlight his noble spir*****. ***** would be wrong ***** assume that Jamestown settlers were secular ***** materialistic but it can be said that people in those area were ***** religious and thus ***** settlers wanted to spread Christianity in that area.

Rip Van Winkle is an interesting tale of a m*****'s dis*****ppearance that results in his waking up after a hiatus of 20 years. Winkle wakes ***** to a completely different world ***** the one he had left behind and becomes a symbol of the old world. The un*****tun*****te marriage ***** Winkle ***** Dame was the main rea*****n why he sought solace. ***** refuge came in t***** form of a 20 yearlong sleep. ***** nagg*****g wife is his only real misery. Everyone else seems to admire Rip for ***** simple nature and honest character. How***** his wife cannot see these qualities ***** t***** leads to disharmony at home causing Rip Van ***** to go to a jungle, drink some strange beverage and fall asleep ***** two decades.

When he ***** up the world he ***** is no longer a domain of George III but has become part of American federation. Now Winkle becomes a sign ***** old world for everyone ***** people l*****ten to his story with great interest. ***** was initially disoriented because of ***** loss of his old ***** ***** gradually realizes t***** beauty ***** this world where no nagging wife existed. He was not concerned about the larger politics. He ***** only happy about deliverance from "petticoat government"; a form of government he had endured for many years before ***** fell asleep.

***** larger implications of ***** story seem to reside on a *****itual level. A man is not so much ***** with how the world around him moves than he is with his own small world. If all is well in his little world, *****hing else ***** to