Literary Analysis: Author's Purpose and Audience DIRECTIONS: Read Of Plymouth Plantation, p. 58-65. As you read, think about Bradford's
two purposes for writing: to inform adults and children about their Pilgrim history,
and to persuade them to uphold Puritan values. Fill in the chart with details about his
audience and purpose.
Event
Audience
(For Whom?)
Purpose
(To Teach What?)
"Being thus arrived in a
good harbor and brought
safe to land, they fell upon
their knees and blessed the
God of heaven, who had
brought them over the vast
and furious ocean..." (p. 60)
"... but with abundance
of toil and hazard of their
own health, fetched them
wood, made them fires,
... clothed and unclothed
them ... showing herein
their true love unto their
friends and brethren."
(p. 62)
"... but when he grew weak,
they had compassion on
him and helped him; then
he confessed he did not
deserve it at their hands, he
had abused them in word
and deed." (p. 62)
"... cod and bass and other
fish, of which they took
good store, of which every
family had their portion.
All the summer there was
no want. And now began
to come in store of fowl, as
winter approached ..."
(p. 65)
Workbook - 1/31/17