The differences between William Byrd and Thomas Morton start by their time periods. Morton
was a man of Puritan America. William Byrd came into being in the post Puritan Era. The
history of Morton takes you into new England, more speci”cally Massachuse#s, while Byrd was
in a more southern location of what is now Virginia and North Carolina. The differences
between Byrd and Morton do not end there. Comparing the two can be like comparing apples
to oranges; they have unalike differences. Morton was a bit of trouble maker in the eyes of
Pilgrims, he was very vocal about his opinion of the Puritan’s religious intolerance as well as the
mistreatment of the Native Americans. William Byrd was quite different. Byrd had different
opinions of the world just like Morton did, however, much less vocal and bold. He was one of
the “rst American writers to take in the appreciation of the great wilderness. Byrd viewed early
Puritan America like the biblical days where as Morton viewed the Puritans in sort of a sense of
fascism.
In today’s time, Wonders of the Invisible World would be a good analogy to the current
dilemmas. It would seem like just in the time of the Salem Witch trials, the society of today is
once again a “”nger pointing” generation. Crimes and actions are easily and often blamed on a
race or religion. Take for instance the Islamic people. Wearing a black turban and having a long
black beard does not automatically make them either part of Al-Qaida or ISIS. This comparison
