Mayflower -- Qestion 6

The second generation Pilgrims received their title by not understanding everything the original Pilgrims did to make the settlement successful. The original Pilgrims worked very hard to establish peace with the Indians, and make their settlement site work. The second Generation Pilgrims weren't there when the hardships of the initial set-up were being taken on. So, they didn't have that same fire or desire to make peace with the Indians and make their establishment work, because it was already a successful settlement. The title of, "the degenerate plant of a strange vine," Was a very worthy title for the second generation Pilgrims. They were a self-fulfilling prophecy, the original Pilgrims came to the new land in search of religious peace and freedom. When they were gone, it was like the new land was just another England. Full, of rash judgements and hatred. So, it's kind of like something I read in English last year, "The Catastrophe of Success." When one becomes successful, they often lose sight of what they set out to do. For the Pilgrims, they wanted to get away from the violently religiously intolerant England, but they became, themselves, their own kind of violent intolerant establishment.