The Pilgrims and the Pilgrim Mystique :: American History Research Papers

The Pilgrims and the Pilgrim Mystique - A Blend of Myth, Fiction, and History1 At the conclusion of the make Plymouth Adventure, the Pilgrims, physically and mentally, have withstood the rigors of persecution in their homeland, of the long and difficult voyage, and of their first year in the wild, desolate New World. Ultimately, this paradigm becomes the emblem of the founding of our race and the beginning of a whole panorama of different versions each beat the story is retold--some of them factual and some of them mythical. The purpose of this essay is to 1) survey the chain of mountains of the Pilgrim mystique 2) sort myth from fact in the story 3) pinpoint the sources of the reading we have about these settlers 4) establish why this group was chosen quite an than any of a myriad of settlers who came to the New World, both before and later the Pilgrims and 5) finally, and most importantly, determine whether the facts about the Pilgrims have been misrepresented, distor ted, or simply omitted in the film based on Geblers book, The Plymouth Adventure A Chronicle clean of the Voyage of the Mayflower, and the two most reliable accounts we have of the Pilgrims story, William Bradfords Of Plimoth Plantation and Mourts singing A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. Scope of the Pilgrim Mystique 2 If one were to ask the while on the street to recite the story of the Pilgrims, it would go something like this These unearthly people wanted to worship as they pleased, so they left England and came to the States the voyage was hard and many of them died, but with the help of Squanto they were able to advance crops the next Spring and Summer. They had a bountiful harvest, and in the Fall they invited the Indians to uniting them in a thanksgiving feast where they served roasted wild turkey. Their unfaltering religious faith and trust in Gods providence were the main reasons they prospered in the New World. Quite likely these two facts would not be m entioned the Pilgrims were a separate group from the Puritans, and the Plymouth Colony failed to obtain a charter and finally became a part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692. excessively absent from the recital would be the fact that Plymouth, the poor but high-flown capital of the Pilgrim Colony, sank to the status of a not-very-important county seat, its interests shrinking to a radius of a few miles and the scale of its affairs lessening accordingly (Willison 408).