Essay on Mary Rowlandson and Sarah Knight

The journals of Sarah Kemble Knight ands Mary Rowaldson, describe the two women’s journeys in the New World of America in the Seventeenth Century. Both women display numerous differences in their diction and personality; and neither of them shares a great deal of similarities. The authors, Sarah Kemble Knight and Mary Rowlandson, do however, exhibit a few common traits. Both are young women who are experiencing life on the frontier. Each woman takes a …

…her life as she knows it. It is her inner strength and deep faith in God that sustains her and keep her sane. Even during times of extreme pain and anguish she maintains her composure. She never complains about her fate of feels sorry for herself. Contrary to Knight who relies on her guide, Rowlandson draws her strength from God to help her survive the ordeal. The reader feels great admiration for this exceptional woman.