▶ Your Answer :
In the reading, there is an ample support for the author’s claim
that there are a few theories why the Roanoke colonists disappeared. However,
in the lecture, the professor gives several reasons as rebuttal to the author’s
point.
First, the professor contends that it does not make sense for
the settlers to let colonists in with the fact that it is an island. To put it
this way, colonist tried to get into the land deeper, so natives would not have
liked to have them in their own area. This counters the reading passage’s suggestion
that settlers leave a mark for colonists, but they could not because his ship
was broken.
Second, the professor argues that it is true that there are
some rings and gold coins founded in that place, but scientists proved that
rings did not belong to colonists. Moreover, goods would have came through
trade. This casts doubt on the reading passage’s assertion that these artifacts
indicate that colonists lived in Croatan Island once.
Lastly, the professor insists that although there were many
people who had European feature, blue eyes, but it could be possible they are
from another ones who had settled before the colonists. Furthermore, colonists
appearance does not match with settlers’.
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