Similarites in the Writing of Adams and Paine

In "Appeals to Time" by Jimmie Killingsworth, readers are given several examples of political rhetoric. The writing of Thomas Paine is used to great affect. There are many similarities between the writing of Paine, as outlined in Killingsworth's chapter, and that of Abigail Adams, as shown in her letters.
While Paine acheives his sense of urgency by reminding his readers of the awful winter that some of his writing takes place in and that affected the revolutionary troops, Adams uses examples of her own hardship such as disease and the troubles she faces in management (Killingsworth 42, Adams 316). Each use their writing to improve spirits, either their own or of those they write for. Paine writes to encourage "support for the war effort" from his audience (Killingsworth 42). Adams writes to release her stresses to her husband and to hopefully in return recieve some comfort since she cannot have her husband's support in person (Adams 317).
The ways in which both writers do this bear semblance to one another. Paine spends time with the American troops, in a harsh winter environment. He deals with this because he must in order to support those around him. Adams does what she must, hoping that "the publick will reap what [she] sacrifices" (Adams 316).
The reasons two very different people write may help shrink their character differences. Often for survival, it seems that when in dire straits, writing is one of the most helpful ways to keep oneself in control