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Hawthorne. Moreover, the events, places, and specific word choices provided in this story relate to Puritanism that historically had place in Massachusetts. The reason for Hawthorne to provide a place where the evens of the story took place was an author’s own village where he was born. As stated in Hawthorne biography “Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1804, into the sixth generation of his Salem family”(cite).Therefore, Salem village was not just randomly picked…

Simply, it [the role of Puritanism] was this: for good purposes, even high purposes, the people of Salem developed a theocracy, a combine of state and religious power whose function was to keep the community together, and to prevent any kind of disunity that might open it to destruction by material or ideological enemies. It was forged for a necessary purpose and accomplished that purpose. (Miller 1) Salem’s creation as a religious haven, reliant on the strict following of Puritanism, also…

When Charles Darwin proposed his theory of evolution, he noted that a species’ traits changed when they inhabited different environments. Similar to Darwin’s ideas, American values varied in accordance to one’s circumstances. In the early 1630s, a religious group known as the Puritans fled from England to escape persecution. Their leader, John Winthrop, delivered a sermon known as “A Model of Christian Charity” upon the arrival of their new home, America. It listed out future actions the…

metaphor to give a more enhanced description of something in their story. Each three authors use metaphors throughout their stories to give the reader a better sense of each theme. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” takes place in Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials in the 1600s. Goodman Brown is married to a woman by the name of Faith, and they are both Puritans. One day, Goodman Brown decides…

My mother flew into a raging fury. She threw books and knocked items off the desk in my room while screaming til her face turned red; meat cleaver in her right hand, left hand in a fist. “Nǐ xiǎng sǐ ma?” Do you want to die? My brother was in his bedroom, located one floor down. My father was in his bedroom, located a few doors down. What was Hell for me was silence for others. For them this was the usual occurance that played over day by day. I remember this memory like it was yesterday,…

Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts on July 12, 1817. His home was about twenty miles outside of Boston. Born to John and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau, he was the third of four children in his family. Helen and John were his older sister and brother; Sophia was his younger sister. Helen was five years older, and John Jr. was two years older; Sophia was two years younger than he was. He received a primary and secondary education at a public school in Concord and the private Concord…

The salem witch trials are known to many as one of the most disturbing and dramatic episodes in colonial history. Over a hundred people were accused of being witches during this time and nineteen of whom were hung almost immediately after being accused. There are many explanations on how these trials got out of control so quickly. In this paper I am going to discuss what explanation I think is the strongest, which one can be complementary and blended with the the strongest explanation, and which…

stimulate the growth of the western lands. The nations gave their rights to the regions west of the Appalachians to the central government. This helped create a feeling of national unity. The Articles also encouraged the states to work together. The Massachusetts government forced high taxes, which was the catalyst for a small militia to be formed mixed up of a bunch of farmers and regular town folks. This was recognized in history as Shays ' uprising. Shays required that foreclosures, and bad…

Healthcare to U.S Citizens In the USA there are a variety of organizations provided to our citizens. Healthcare plays an important role in our society in general because it factors into our production. Programs, Production of Resources, Delivery of Services, Economic Support, and even Management organize our National Health System; we use this particular system because it shows how health needs or problems can produce health results or outcomes. Not only does it provide a systematic way of…

Henry David Thoreau was one of the most influential Transcendentalist thinkers because he wrote a prescription of sorts to a world of people sick of conformity. On July 12th, 1817, the Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord Massachusetts. He was the third child of John Thoreau and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau.…