In this lesson, you have read native american oral literature as well as historical narratives written by some of the first non-native people in north america. using the conventions of the english language (proper sentence structure, spelling, mechanics, and so forth), write one sentence that sums up a main theme of this early american literature. to write this sentence, you will need to synthesize the ideas of the reading that you have done for this lesson and make logical connections among the literary works of the time period.