[This] poem was written after the burning of her house and the quote represents her inner thoughts thinking about her possesions. She goes on to question if having possession made her happy or if it was God that made her happy. She realizes that the burning of her house was God's will and she respected
God's choice to burn her house down. She views God as a mentor trying to keep Christians on the right track and in her case burning down her house prevented her from being too proud of her possesions.
In short words, God burnt her house down to teach Bradstreet that she needs to be happy about her life not about her prizes possessions, Bradstreet obtains the message and praises God for it. (You need to identify the title of the work. You mention Bradstreet’s name at the very end, but you don’t spend any time developing who she is and why her work reflects Puritan beliefs. You’ve also discussed ideas without connecting to specific lines from the passage. Remember that this is a …show more content…
This quote is from the sermon "Sinners in the hand of an angry God" by Johnathon Edwards. This powerfully written sermon was written to convince Christians and other people to fully give themselves to God. Edwards states that all men are born sinners until they are "reborn". However, if you do not give yourself to God you will be eternally damned because God will have no trouble dropping you into the pit of fire. Edwards believes that God will show his wrath to those that are not faithful. He will
"drop" these people into the firey pits of Hell and save those who have chosen to follow the Lord's name. The entire sermon dramatically uses fear to convince people to convert or fully dedicate their lives. This fear is seen over and over again in the text and multiple devices are used to keep the reader or listener hooked. (You’ve correctly identified the author and the work, but your explication is more aligned to a general analysis. Without identifying key quotations, you can’t
God's choice to burn her house down. She views God as a mentor trying to keep Christians on the right track and in her case burning down her house prevented her from being too proud of her possesions.
In short words, God burnt her house down to teach Bradstreet that she needs to be happy about her life not about her prizes possessions, Bradstreet obtains the message and praises God for it. (You need to identify the title of the work. You mention Bradstreet’s name at the very end, but you don’t spend any time developing who she is and why her work reflects Puritan beliefs. You’ve also discussed ideas without connecting to specific lines from the passage. Remember that this is a …show more content…
This quote is from the sermon "Sinners in the hand of an angry God" by Johnathon Edwards. This powerfully written sermon was written to convince Christians and other people to fully give themselves to God. Edwards states that all men are born sinners until they are "reborn". However, if you do not give yourself to God you will be eternally damned because God will have no trouble dropping you into the pit of fire. Edwards believes that God will show his wrath to those that are not faithful. He will
"drop" these people into the firey pits of Hell and save those who have chosen to follow the Lord's name. The entire sermon dramatically uses fear to convince people to convert or fully dedicate their lives. This fear is seen over and over again in the text and multiple devices are used to keep the reader or listener hooked. (You’ve correctly identified the author and the work, but your explication is more aligned to a general analysis. Without identifying key quotations, you can’t