Declaration Of Independence Document Analysis

The structure of the Declaration of Independence is replicated not only to stay true to the source material, but also to expand on the alternate universe where this document would be written. I broke the Declaration up into three main parts according to format and purpose of the text. The first paragraph, introducing the premise of the document with a flourish of dramatic words, is the establishing paragraph. Jefferson uses a lot of complex language to basically let the king know he’s not going to like this document because it’s talking about America’s independence. However, this point in buried in grander applications such as “powers of the earth” and allusions to philosophy like “the laws of Nature and Nature’s God” (140). Because Puritans believe drama and embellishing simple language is against God’s will, naturally …show more content…
Even though they believe embellished writing is against God’s will and thus sinful, they know how effective the writing itself from seeing Europe use it as a persuasive tool. So they have to find a mid way point where they’re still utilizing the impact European philosophers’ writing can make, without using the literary elements that they’re against. As a result of this, the Assertion of Sovereignty has an establishing paragraph, but it’s blatant and written in plain style fashion. After the establishing paragraph both the Declaration and the Assertion have purpose paragraphs that really establish what the new nation believes in. Then comes the list of grievances, where in the Declaration the founders listed all the political and economic complaints against the king. Back in the alternate universe, our Puritans aren’t very economically developed. They never had the tobacco industry and France is taking advantage of the open beaver