Heathen Morton and Religious Bradford
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SummaryLong before the “Odd Couple”, there was a duo even more opposite and conflicted – Thomas Morton and William Bradford. A battle between two strong characters, with very different and contrasting beliefs about life, ensued on 1622 in the early English settlement of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The men came to the colony with hopes of new found freedom in America. Bradford saw it as a land free from religious persecution and an opportunity to spread God’s word to the savage Natives. On the other hand, Morton saw America as wild and untamed, free from responsibility, and a place where each man was his own ruler. The opportunity in America sparkled brightly in Morton’s and Bradford’s minds, but there was one obstruction to the land of possibility that they didn’t foresee – each other.
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- Morton portrays Bradford and the Puritan community as an authoritative force that would not understand mirth and happiness.
- When Morton claims 'accounting of him as of a great monster', it is evident that he believes himself to be the victim.
- Bradford was a moral man and deeply in love with his Puritan religion.
- He cared more for alcohol and partying than he did about career, family or religion.
- It may seem as though Bradford was only describing the pitiful Morton, but he was also able to provide insight to his own personality.
- Through each competing portrayal of Morton about Bradford and Bradford about Morton, the reader receives insight about the character of his subject and the author as well.
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