Bradford+Two

To help understand this piece, you and your partners will be assigned one paragraph from Bradford's document to analyze and share with the class.
 * 1) Summarize Bradford's main points in your section. What is the main idea of your paragraph? Use complete sentences here, please.
 * 2) Pick the most significant sentence in the paragraph. Quote it, and then paraphrase in your own words.
 * 3) Post one to two visual images that you feel reflects your paragraph - either in the content or purpose of Bradford's writing. Explain your selection with a sentence or two.

1.) Bradford is explaining why it is best to leave Holland. First is that the conditions of living their are very harsh and elder people are starting to die. Secondly if they stay eventually they will be surrounded by their enemies and taken as prisoners. Thirdly, the children would be so over worked that they would depart from they parents and be tempted to sin. Fourthly that the children will grow up in an environment where they would become soldiers or become ill and die over short period of time.

2.) "For many of their children, that were of best dispositions and gracious inclinations, haveing lernde to bear the yoake in their youth, and willing to bear parte of their parents burden, were, often times, so opressed with their hevie labours, that though their minds were free and willing, yet their bodies bowed under the weight of the same, and became decreped in their early youth"

Paraphrased: A lot of their youth, that were of best intentions and grateful reasons, have learned to carry the workload in their youth, and were willing to take part on carrying their parents burdens, were, most times, so weighed down with their work schedule, that though their minds were open and willing to explore the world, their bodies bent under the weight of the same, and became handicapped in their early youth.

3.) This picture shows how overworked they were before they left their previous land, They wanted to expand their horizons however were entrapped by their work.

This image shows how the youth of their time were forced into hard labor that often aged them much earlier than their time.