The Pilgrim's Progress By John Bunyan

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is about a man named Christian and his journey to the Celestial City and later of his family's journey. “I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?” John Bunyan tells of Christian's journey to the Celestial City and then of family's journey. The story is about Christian's journey from the City of Destruction or “this world” to the Celestial City or “that which is to come.” He has a great burden due to the acknowledgment of his sin and seeks deliverance of this burden and in order to do that he leaves his family behind. He is directed to the Wicket Gate by Evangelist …show more content…
Christiana, who had a change of heart, started her pilgrimage with her sons and Mercy. After having no trouble at the Slough of Dispond they are all admitted through the Wicket Gate despite Mercy's worries of not. They are assigned a conductor for the rest of the way, Great-Heart, the hero of the story. They go through the Valley of Humiliation and the Valley of the Shadow of Death without much trouble, and later find a pilgrim, Old Honest, who takes them to an Inn. There Mathew, the eldest son of Christian, married Mercy and James, another son, married a girl named Phoebe. A couple of crippled men, Mr. Feeblemind and Mr. Right-to-Halt, join them as Great-Heart led them to a place of rest at Vanity Fair. The two other sons of Christian was wedded at this house, Samuel to Grace and Joseph to Martha. After going through Doubting Castle, Delectable Mountains, and Enchanted Forest, Mr. Despondency, Much-Afraid, Steadfast, and Valiant-for-Truth joined the group. In the land of Beulah they one by one are summoned to enter the Celestial City, all but Christian's sons and their families stayed behind to help with a