When two people of opposing cultural backgrounds come into contact with each other, there is bound to be some type of cultural exchange.
Some people respond with a cold front and a refusal to change their views.
Others, through extended exposure to a foreign culture, learn to accept differences that once set them apart. Mary Rowlandson, in A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson , comes violently in contact with the American Indian culture. This autobiography was written during King Phillip's War. During this time period violent, brutal encounters between the English and Indians were very common. A band of Indians completely destroyed Rowlandson's home village during one of these encounters.