Benjamin Franklin

Exemplify how, when a man off a boat loses (or nearly loses) his life, that event is interpreted differently, but in ways consistent with their era's ideology, by Captain John Smith, William Bradford, and Ben Franklin.
Captain John Smith was a "southern planter/colonial writer." He did not believe as much in the will of God and the whole belief that everything happened according to the Lord.
William Bradford on the other hand, described two different incidents with men overboard. One incident was with a "mean and nasty sailor." The pilgrims were sick and hungry and the sailor did nothing but be mean to the people aboard the ship. Finally he died and was basically thrown overboard. That shows that God did not deem him worthy of life. His next example was of a pilgrim who fell overboard in a sea storm. He was somehow able to get back onto the ship and he became a Puritan after that, believing strongly in God and holding God as the reason he surviv...