Early American Literature Essay #1 October 10, 2000 America: The Most Unpredictable Ending Ever! Language has proved itself to be the single most powerful force in history. Hurricanes, gale force winds, dictators, floods, fires, nor nuclear weapons carry a fraction of the energy--energy that can destroy, construct, and manipulate-- that words can carry. Words are a modern world’s connection to the past; through documents, books, and letters, society in modernity analyzes, interprets, and reconstructs events of the …showed first 75 words of 1914 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1914 total…England used their power of language to form a document that would have more ramifications than they could have possibly foreseen. And it was these ramifications that transformed a like-minded cult of isolationists into a freethinking society of individuals. It’s funny how things work out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited Bradford, William. Of Plymouth Plantation. www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1650bradford.html, 2000 Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez. Relacion. University of California Press. Los Angeles, 1993.