![]() ![]() ![]() We get to see some of his thoughts about the differences in the two cultures and how his view changes from awe and seeing the white folks as almost gods to seeing them more as petty children who can’t get along or know even the most basic survival skills. He had the potential to be the most interesting character as he traveled from America to visit England and then returns home to be the guide and ambassador for the colonists. I wish we had gotten more of Manteo’s POV. He definitely does not come off as the hero type and you have to wonder what Cate really sees in him. Sir Walter Raleigh was harder to get into because as I mentioned I did not care for getting his POV through letters. Even when she reaches America her naive stubbornness that the natives would not harm her gets her into more trouble but you do have to admire her spunk. She makes some phenomenally stupid mistakes but you have to keep in mind that she was not raised at court and apparently even after four years living at court still committed some monumental faux pas. ![]() It just did not have the nice flow of events and seemed too disjointed.Ĭate was an interesting mixture of proud, naive and stubbornness. ![]() I enjoyed reading Cate’s and Manteo’s POVs but I just could not get into the format of hearing Walter Raleigh’s POV based on letters to his brother and other pieces of writing. Show More view, a Native American named Manteo’s point of view and various correspondence from Sir Walter Raleigh. ![]()
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