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Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Primary Source Review Q.5. Core Message in Prisoner of War Mary Rowlandson’s ‘Prisoner of War’ is a firsthand historical account of her doleful ordeal during King Philip’s war (1675-1676). King Philip’s war was the violent conflict between Native Americans (Indians) and the English settlers. Massachusetts Indians were determined to reclaim their land from the land-hungry settlers, and this was probably the primary reason behind the war. The text covers key details of the event from the viewpoint of an eyewitness, Mary Rowlandson. Therefore, the core message of the author is that King Philip’s war was one of the deadliest encounters that English settlers had with Massachusetts Indians. Many settlers were killed, their property destroyed, houses burnt, and a handful of their women and children were captured and sold as slaves in West Indies. Drawing from her personal experience, Mary Rowlandson aims to inform the reader that King Philip’s War made her lose everything, starting from her children, friends, relatives, houses to everything except her life. She was an English settler, and like a few of settlers who surrendered, Indians held her captive for a long time. She notes while quoting Job 1:15 that “I am the only one who survived to tell the news” (Rowlandson 49 par: 2). This statement alone decodes the purpose of the text; to inform the world about the King Philip’s War. However, as one reads through the text, another primary message pops out. That is the reason why Rowlandson survived. According to Rowlandson, she survived because of her trust that God would protect and deliver her from the hands of
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