Jebidiah Ethan Smith

The differences between Smith and Bradford are clearly evident in their writing styles. Smith’s style, as previously stated, is highly exaggerated. Despite the work being a narrative account of his experiences in the settlement, Smith chose to speak in 3rd person, as seen with the line “...committed the managing of all things abroad to Captain John Smith,...himself always bearing the greatest tasks for his own share,...” (Smith, p. 74). This decision coincides with Smith’s tone; by choosing to use third person rather than first person, Smith is attempting to distance himself from his writing and make it appear more believable by adopting an objective tone. However, Smith’s tone is rather subjective, and this is apparent with his diction. When describing Native Americans, for example, Smith

John Smith was born in Lincolnshire, England to a farmer and his wife in 1580. He only had a grammar school education, but with this

While many cannot picture Smith in any context other than with Pocahontas, he had a very active life before he even met her. As stated by Woolf, prior to even meeting Pocahontas Smith had been “in an army fighting the Ottoman Turks in central Europe, during which he went through several escapes, was seriously wounded, taken into slavery, after which he murdered his slave-master and escaped, along with being shipwrecked twice.”1 All of these exploits happened before Smith ended up in Virginia at the Jamestown colony, and met Pocahontas, the narrative of which most Americans are intimately familiar with or so they think.

Once Smith and Bradford arrive in America, the difference in their use of religion in their writings is more evident. John Smith hardly writes of religion and its impact on daily life again. His narrative is focused more on the relations of the settlers, the Indians, and the adventures that ensue. His use of religion is merely used to explain what he cannot. Smith writes “But now was all our provision spent, the sturgeon gone, all helps abandoned, each hour expecting the fury of the savages, when God, the patron of all good endeavors, in that desperate extremity so changed the heart of the savages that they brought such plenty on their fruits and provision as no man wanted.”(30). In this example, Smith does not understand why the savages have brought them food and saved them from starvation. So his explanation is that God must have intervened the situation. Bradford uses religion to analyze almost all situations in daily life. His opinions of Thomas Morton and Merrymount illustrate this. Bradford writes “...some tending to a lasciviousness, and other to the detraction and scandal of some persons, which he affixed to this idle or idol maypole…and here I may take occasion to bewail the mischief that this wicked man began in these parts, and which since, base covetousness prevailing in men that should know better, has now at length got the upper

Although the author of John Smith’s testimony is unknown, it seems that the author is possibly a government official who is trying to figure out what happened for the

I did not know much about John Smith, but I learned that he was an artist that did watercolor studies of the Indians and their way of life.

People watched in shock; Protesters and none protesters circled around as Gregory Lee Johnson lit the American Flag on fire. Why would a man disrespect a symbol such as the American flag, that represents freedom, liberty and democracy? Was he protected by the constitution's first amendment? The Supreme Court answered all these questions we had by voting in favor of Johnson. Johnson's intentions were only political, and he as the freedom of speech. The Supreme Court was correct on this decision on letting Johnson go, since he was protected by his amendments, and no matter what the action was, if the amendment gives us the right, we should be entitled to our freedoms.

Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. recognized for being the first Black Air Force General, paved the way for the Black soldier. Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was born December 18, 1912, to Benjamin, Sr. and Elnora Dickerson Davis. Due to complications from childbirth, Elnora dies when Benjamin is four years old. His father Benjamin, Sr. the first Black General in the United States Army, serving in various capacities such as the Spanish-American War and the original Buffalo Soldier regiments was a pioneer for the black soldier and an influence to his son.

Joseph W. Holley founded Albany State University in 1903, was originally built to provide elementary education for the black population. The school was also for teacher-training. Holley was inspired to start the school from reading W.E.B. DuBois’s writings in Georgia, about the poor living of blacks. He moved to Albany, Ga to start the school down in the south. The original name of the school was Albany Bible and Manual Training Institute. With Holley plans to start a school, he met Booker T. Washington who encouraged him to fall through with his plans. Into building a black school for the black community.

I watched the play Annie Jr. in my elementary school, James Franklin Smith Elementary. The original play, Annie, was based on a book, Annie. The writer of the adaption is unknown, and the sponsor is JFS. In the play, Annie is an orphan, living in a terrible conditions with her fellow orphans. Annie then decides that she has had enough of the mistreatment and decides to run away. Annie then encounters a dog and saves him from the pound. A police officer sent by Miss Hannigan capture Annie and brings her back to the orphanage. While Annie is in Miss Hannigan’s office, Oliver Warbucks’s assistant, Grace Farrell, comes to the orphanage to ask for an orphan to go to Mr. Warbuck’s mansion for Christmas. When Mr. Warbucks comes home, he is not happy with the orphan in his mansion, and he tells Grace to

Apparently, Smith's ego prevents his General History from being a reliable source. This leads historians to question whether his captivity occurred at all. His egocentricity may be seen in the following passage from his General History:

Wells’ articles… is whether ordinary people should be allowed to know the facts and should discuss their implications” (Woolf 498). This excerpt is a prime example of the division between science and religion that was occurring throughout the time period within this book was written. Many people began to support Wells in his beliefs of scientific principles such as Darwinism. However, there were those who strongly dejected it and even became hostile that those scientific ideas were available to the public. The reason the ideas were so easily accessible were because of literary interpretation in controversial books such as The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Jedediah S. Smith was born on Jan. 6, 1799.He joined a fur trading expedition lead by William Ashley when he was still in his teens. He trapped and traded until he was in his 20’s. In July 1825 he went to Henry Fork to the first ever rendezvous. In 1823 a grizzly bear ripped off his ear and part of his scalp. He escaped the bear attack alive and with no fatal injuries. In 1826 he went ahead of a pack train to arrange for that years rendezvous held in Cache Valley. Jedediah then got 18 people to go with him and retrace his steps back to California. He and his group followed the Colorado River south all the way to the villages of the Mojave Indians. While they were crossing the Colorado River a group of Mojave Indians killed 10 of the people

Abusive. Slave owner. Boastful. All traits that the infamous John Smith possessed. In 1624, John Smith wrote an autobiography about his encounters with the native Indians in North America, under the name General History. Previously, Bartolomé De Las Casas wrote an autobiography about his adventures in 1515 called Relation that discusses the mistreatment of the native Indians that he observed in the Americas, specifically Hispaniola. John Smith’s autobiography exhibits unacceptable traits such as degrading Indians, boasting about himself and lusting for fame which makes De Las Casas, the previous explorer of the Americas, a better role model who exhibited benevolent characteristics.

There are several important ideas and most interesting thoughts that are poised by Smith that communicated to me directly. Some of the most important ideas that Smith depicted were a result of events that he experienced. He was able to observe traits from others who believed they “knew” a religion and he was actually able to explain to them the difference in sentences and phrases that one was able to understand and comprehend. It is important for one to not only study a religion and practice it but for one to be devoted to the religion. Religion is a part of life, and to live you must have religion in your life. In his article he continuously states that he is not defining the religion although he may not realize that he actually is. He is defining the religion as a concept in which an outside reader is able to understand. “The man of religious faith lives in this world. He is subject to its pressures, limited within its imperfections, particularized within one or another of its always-varying