Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God Analysis

I think appeals to fear are the best motivation force. Some reasons why I think appeals to fear are the best motivation is that it changes teens attitude and helps them turn their lives around. It helps teens make sure they do not do the same thing as the ones in prison or make a bad decision. Another reason why it is the best motivation is it makes teens think about everything twice before they do it and so they don't end up in prison or dead. First or all, I think appeals to fear are the best motivation. One reason I think it is the best is in the television episode Beyond Scared Straight the program changes the teen's life around and more. Elijah was one of the teens from the episode that the program changes. Elijah was one of the teens that said he smoke and did drugs every day, but after the …show more content…
One textual evidence of this is in the story "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" it says "Without any promise and obligation at all that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your Blood".(Edwards 40). This means that without that without God promises and obligation for all of us,we would all be dead and made drunk out of our own blood. This shows that if it was not for God all of the teens committing crimes would be dead or in prison for life, but with God giving them a chance to change their life around shows that he cares for us and he will always keep his promises.in the article “Can Kids be Scared Straight” it states that “Others may have been off by the humiliating treatment they received as part of some prison” (“Corcoran”). This means the treatment they were receiving at the prison for a visit really gets to them, meaning it works and has them wanting to change their lives around, but for most it’s just a little too