What Is The Rhetorical Four In Native American Literature

It reflects on the Puritans’’ ideals and beliefs. Such as, they believed in salvation and that the fate of individual soul was predetermined by God. Also, that salvation was a private choice among God and the 'Elect'. Elects or Saints were the ones who were saved and the ones who weren't were 'wicked’.

The setting took place at the time when the English immigrated to North America with the belief that the English church was not strict enough. Because the immigrants were extremely religious, they had formed a new church known as Puritan Christianity. In addition, the Puritans believed that there was no separation between the church and the justice system. One must follow the Ten Commandments strictly, or else they will be punished to the fullest extent of the law. The reverends or the judges, those who were responsible for resolving any legal matters, were said to be the ones pulling through God’s will. Ultimately, the punishments brought upon the accused were extreme, as they were either publicly whipped, had their ears removed, or were ordered to be hanged.

The Puritans are congregationalist, they believe that God has scripted out their entire life. A rhetorical device he incorporated was allusion to show their perspective and how many didn't know about the religion. "but here you are in the land of the living and in the house of God, and have an opportunity to obtain salvation." They are hopeless souls that one day will find salvation. Edward incorporated this to induce the audience about his religion.

Puritans are intense religious people, they do things in order from God to their own personal challenges, while still keeping God in their minds at all times. Anne Bradstreet is a Puritan who had just lost her house due to a fire. Her approach to this story is a calm and loveable approach. Jonathan Edwards is another Puritan but he is much more intense with informing people about God. He puts God before anyone and everything just like any other puritan would do. Edwards approach to this story is violent and brutal, he tells everyone in his story’s who are sinners that they will be held over fires by God.“ Here Follow Some Verses Upon The Burning of Our House”and “Sinner In The Hands Of An Angry God” are both very similar in some ways and different

To understand post-Puritan examples of jeremiads, one must understand what a jeremiad is. A jeremiad is writing that denounces society and articulates about its’ downfall. Post-Puritan examples of jeremiads can be found throughout history. For example, The General Court in Massachusetts opened each year since 1634-1690 with an election sermon but, eventually the sermons turned into jeremiads. Samuel Danforth gave a sermon called A Brief Recognition of New England’s Errand into the Wilderness, which is a famous sermon about how the “colony has deviated from its’ original purpose”. This sermon set standards for many of the next jeremiads. A more recent example, is David Howard-Pitney and his work that “Appeals for Justice in America”. Pitney wrote the book The African American Jeremiad, which is a filled with Pitney’s examinations of African American leaders. It is filled with the faith of “America’s perfectibility” and “hope for social justice” and shows that the “African American jeremiad is still vibrant”. The jeremiad has remained a central component of the rhetoric of American public life because there will always be corruption within society and there will always be someone that will try to mend and shape civilization. From the Puritan days, where people were fighting to purify the church, to today, where people are fighting for sexual equality, there will always be uses of jeremiads. Many churches still think that society is corrupt and express how gay people are

Many authors from the 1600’s and 1700’s base their works on religious views, but there are many differing views on God. “Upon the Burning of Our House” and “To My Dear and Loving Husband” are both by Anne Bradstreet, and are excellent writings that show half of the Puritan beliefs. The other piece is “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards that show a darker side of the Puritan ideals. The authors show what they think by using literary devices, like tone (word choice and details), or figurative language. Bradstreet believes in a God that is loving and caring, while Edwards believes in a strict, controlling God. The tone, in which they use through the stories or sermons, reflects this, and also, the figurative language that

“Confession of sin shuts the mouth of Hell and Opens the gates of paradise.” These Wise words from Thomas watson embody the aims and beliefs of the puritans. The puritans expressed their beliefs and thoughts of the bible through their writing; be it poems, sermons, or stories. In the short story A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson, The sermon From Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards, and the poem by Anne Bradstreet [Deliverance] From Another Sore Fit, there is a common theme of religion and the hardships these writers go through to produce such powerful works of literature. The puritan’s possessed a very unique style of writing which introduce many literary elements into all different types of

During the Puritan Era, much of the literature was written as a way to share the gospel of God’s word with others by interweaving some of the Puritan beliefs and doctrines in to the works. Jonathan Edwards uses many of these beliefs in his atypical sermon titled “from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” in order to scare members of the church congregation into going through conversion and being “saved”. From the very beginning of his sermon, Edwards introduces the doctrine of Total Depravity, or the belief that all men are born tainted with sin, and uses it as a building block for setting up the imagery in his speech. When Edwards says, “They (sinners) have deserved the fiery pit, and are already sentenced to it; and God is dreadfully provoked…”,

There are many writers (works) who have contributed to American Literature with their Puritan ideals. Furthermore, two of the main Puritan standouts of this time were John Winthrop (“A Model of Christian Charity”) and Samuel Sewall (“The Selling of Joseph”). Although, both writers showed differences in their style of writing, they both try to spread a greater message: that the world should be unified and just in their dealings with one another, because this is the only way God would allow for their success. To visualize a clear picture of this unification and justification, Winthrop and Sewall organized the structure of their works in stating a thesis/purpose for their writing, proof of evidence using biblical

The jeremiad is that God will reward good behavior or he will punish those who do not fear or conform to his wrath. Puritans believe in the jeremiad. Puritans were a protestant religion that had a simple and religious life. They believed that hard work was the key to getting into heaven and they were scared of hell. They had many restrictions and rules so that they would not disobey God and would be able to get into heaven.

Puritans spent most of their life trying to stay pure by embracing the Bible and following each and every single word, believing that anyone who doesn’t follow will be damned to Hell and miss out on the wondrous Heaven they envisioned. In the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, Jonathan Edwards portrayed humans as the most vulnerable creature in the world because he wanted the people listening to understand that if they strayed from God’s light, then they would suffer for eternity, and he emphasized this by continuously talking about God’s wrath, the danger of sinning, and a sinner’s suffering.

Having created this concept of the Covenant and the sovereignty of God, the Puritans believed that everything they did was for the will of God. This meant that they could take over the land of the Indians and exploit these “heathen”. And they did. In 1636, Puritans in Massachusetts massacred hundreds of Pequot Indians in what they called “a sweet sacrifice.”

Our culture makes us who we are. It sets the tone of our way of life and gives us guidelines on how we should live. Culture doesn’t just sprout out of the ground or appear out of the blue like a magic trick. It is cultivated and nourished after many years of hard work and protection from this tough world. The art of survival is a key skill to making a culture last. In our day of age barriers between cultures have been broken down and mixed up. Some people like this idea while others see it as the destruction of what they hold most dear. This can be seen in the Native American culture. It was once so beautiful, but hard times have struck home and now the very essence of their culture is pawned away

An additional example of how Puritans’ perspectives were influenced by religion is through a letter to John Cotton. In this letter, an unknown author expressed his support towards the witch trials. The letter reads: “Our good God is working of miracles. Five witches were lately executed, impudently demanding of God a miraculous vindication of their innocency. Immediately upon this, our God miraculously sent in five Andover witches...”. The author demonstrates a common perspective of most Puritans during this time period in which they supported these witch trials because they believed that God sent the witches into Salem to be executed for their sin. Therefore, it is is clear the Puritans were driven by their religious ideals and were willing to sacrifice anything, even innocent lives, to make their idea of a holy community a reality.

The Puritans were a pretty intense group of Christians. They didn’t believe in things that other people believed in like music and dancing, they were especially cruel to sinners even though everyone sins which included themselves. Sin as a theme asks the question, what does sinning really mean?