Question

Read the following excerpt and answer the question.

Thus were we butchered by those merciless heathen, standing amazed, with the blood running down to our heels. My eldest sister being yet in the house, and seeing those woeful sights, the infidels hauling mothers one way, and children another, and some wallowing in their blood:

What is the generalization Rowlandson implies?
A. The settlers were not able to defend themselves.
B. The Native Americans separated men from the women.
C. The Native Americans were bloodthirsty heathens.
D. The women were all butchered.

Answer 1

The correct answer is option C. "The Native Americans were bloodthirsty heathens".

Step-by-step explanation:

In the book "Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson" by Mary Rowlandson, the protagonist was held captive for 11 weeks and 5 days by a group of Native Americans. In the excerpt herein shown, Rowlandson describes the atrocities that she saw when her village was attacked. By the brutal way that she portrays the scene, she makes the generalization that all Native Americans were bloodthirsty heathens