“Books are the carriers of civilization” (ThinkExist, 2010, para. 1). The first part of a quote from Barbara W. Tuchman couldn't be more true. That's why students study classic American novels to learn about this period. Many authors intend to write for the future, while others simply write for fun. They use literary techniques popular at the time, making it obvious when the plays were written. With the story you also get the feeling of the writer that only the novel can give you. The result is a grand fusion of literature and history, and its roots go back to America's beginnings. America began in 1607 with the colonial settlement of Jamestown, founded by John Smith. Further north, the Puritans settled in the New England region, survived the first winter, and befriended the Indians. Then, they celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Indians, marking the beginning of their friendship (Campbell, 2007, Pre – 1650, para. 14). More and more Puritans immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony around the 1630s in search of religious freedom. From 1636 to 1637, tensions rose between the Indians and the settlers, resulting in the Pequot War (Campbell, 2007, Before the 1650s, para. 18). Americans triumphed by uniting to defeat a common threat. The Puritans encountered a new enemy: the Quakers. The Puritans did not like them and harmed them in many ways. But everything stopped when Parliament ordered them to. Another Indian war came into play from 1675 to 1678, King Philip's War. This happened because the Pilgrims executed three Wampanoag Indians (Campbell, 2007, 1650, para. 11). Events in colonial America calmed down until 1692. When killing Indians was no longer enough, settlers began killing each other. The Salem With Trials is...... middle of paper ...... the exit of the whale also represents time or life taken away from someone. Melville uses these literary elements to explain how addicted people were to whale oil and how corrupt religion can be. “Without books, history is silent, literature mute, science paralyzed, thought and speculation at a standstill” (ThinkExist, 2010, para. 1). ). This ends Tuchman's quote by showing the importance of literature to history. We will not do justice to future generations by stopping writing books. These elements work in tandem and cannot be replaced by any other. All of the previously mentioned examples show excellent examples that will educate our children about the past for centuries to come. Not only will you get concrete facts about this period, but you will also discover their side of the story and the emotion related to it. Literature therefore perfectly reflects history.