My thoughts on Mary Rowlandson

Mary Rowlandson was, indeed, an interesting author in the way she wrote about her most famous experience. Her's was a captivity narrative that involved her time being captured by Native Americans during King Phillip's War for 11 weeks. The way she was treated during that time has often been compared to the way African American slaves were treated by Americans in the sense that the two different ideas (captivity vs. slavery) seem to parallel one another in this instance. It is possible that, with her Christian faith, that she had some sympathy towards slaves (for example: when she said "Yet the Lord showed mercy to me; and as he wounded me with one hand, so he healed me with the other", referring to the rough experiences they endured). Even the way she expressed her faith and even implemented some Scripture also made it clear as to why she would never give up in the face of suffering. She was, indeed, an influential figure of the time and continues to be so today.