In his journals, William Bradford used third person pronouns to describe the life and hardships of the puritans as they sought to establish themselves in the new world. How does Bradford’s point of view make him a believable narrator, as well as a biased one?

The Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)

Writing in "The Pilgrims," his personal journals, Bradford William used the third person point of view to veil the narrator-participant as an ordinary observer. This literary device makes the reader to identify with the characters, thus enhancing the story's believability and objectivity.  This contrasts with writing from the first or second person's points of view, which shows the narrator's active involvement, thereby increasing subjectivity while obscuring objectivity in story narration.

By writing from this third person point of view, using third person pronouns, William Bradford, separated himself from the plot of the story.  Thus, he remained an observer-narrator and not an active participant. At the same time, since it is widely known that Bradford was the founder of the Plymouth Colony, Bradford shows his bias by isolating himself totally from the story, by writing with the third person pronouns.

Explanation:  

According to history, William Bradford (1590-1657) was one of the founding fathers of the Plymouth Colony and its governor for 30 years.  Single-handedly, Bradford drafted the legal code for the Plymouth Colony which facilitated the building of a Puritan-based community in the state of Massachusetts, one of the 6 New England states.

it's either a or b. i'm leaning more towards a.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)