Arthur Miller writes of the differences between the settlers of Jamestown in Virginia and the Puritan settlers of Massachusetts. He states that the main difference in the ability to survive the harsh conditions in 1600’s America was that the Jamestown settlers were individualists looking for financial profit, and the Puritans acted as a community and with a spiri- tual motivation. Think about your own life. Are you an individualist, or are you a person who is more comfortable as part of a group? Imagine that this question is part of a test requiring you to write an essay about that subject. Write an answer to that essay question in no less than ten com- plete sentences, giving details of why you feel that way. Begin your answer as follows:
Regarding my preference to be an individualist or a member of a group, I’d have to say...