A Pilgrim Talk

This past week I have read chapters 5 and 6 of the book Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. I was reading this along with my other classmates so that when we all finished, we could have a literature circle discussion which would help us better understand the Pilgrims and their life when they came to America. There were four people in each group that were assigned different roles to look for and comment on different parts of the text. At the end, we woul discuss our roles and further discuss anything else form the chapters. The main idea or kepy topics that were in these two chapters were the struggles of the Pilgrims setting up at Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrim's relationship with the Native Americans. Chapter 5 starts out by mentioning many deaths of the settlers and the struggle of building houses and getting things done quickly with all of the diseases spreading. Then, the book turns and they meet the Wampanoags and it describes how they came to make peace with eachother and how they were helped by the Natives. I liked this book for learning puposes. I don't think I would go off and read this on my own but it was an easy to understand book that helped me learn more about the Pilgrims for class. I would reccomend this book to others wanting to learn about the Pilgrims coming to Plymouth Rock and people that just like to read about history. I wouldn't reccomend this book if someone is just looking for a good book to read. I found these two chapters to be very detailed and easy to understand. I owuld rate this book a 3 out of 5 stars just because it was good for the purpose of using it in class, but I wouldn't read it for enjoyment.