John Bunyan

From the novel the Pilgrim’s Process, written by John Bunyan, I have chosen two episodes, one that is more suitable for children, and the other more appropriate for adults. The episode of Christian fighting Apollyon is better fitted for a children’s version of Pilgrim’s Progress. Christian and Hopeful crossing the River is more fitting for an adult version of the text. The event of Christian and Apollyon fighting is better suited for a child’s rendition of the Pilgrim’s Progress. Although the episode is violent, through it’s thrilling fight scene and incorporation of a monster this episode draws children in. The episode of the fight between Christian and Apollyon provokes the imaginations of children. Apollyon’s introduction paints a savage…

preacher John Bunyan asks: Here, Bunyan appears to be addressing – and apologizing to – his would-be detractors “for seeming to play the fool” by penning and subsequently publishing a collection of poems that are unabashed in their “simplicity, and [written] in the same pure, idiomatic language” that ornaments Bunyan’s highly renowned Christian allegory The Pilgrim’s (Cheever 109, 106). It ought to be noted, however, that Bunyan’s recurring employ of references to the “smallest things,”…

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…

The author of the natorious novel Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan wrote many works in his time, and he developed new techniques to catch his readers’ attention. Like most of Bunyan’s works, he writes about God and His love, healing, mercy, and grace. Bunyan also writes about having faith and following God, against all odds. His life was full of trouble based on what he wrote about, but that he didn’t stop. He knew that the only way to get peoples attention to try and help them with their life…

Lutheran theology echoes throughout the Pilgrim’s Progress, particularly through John Bunyan’s representations of law and grace. These are two critical ideas that Bunyan presents through his allegory. The ideas are detailed mostly in the beginning of Christian’s journey, as the beginning of one’s faith, where it is easiest to become confused on the nature of salvation. To fully grasp Bunyan’s meaning is to understand what law and grace mean, and how they relate to each other. The concepts, like…

Christian and Christiana’s paths started off at the same place, but took much different routes based upon their individual statuses. According to Margret Breen in her writing titled “The Sexed Pilgrim’s Progress”, Bunyan sought to show not only a difference between Christian and Christiana, but the superiority that Christian had over Christiana. “Bunyan uses social placement in order to define spiritual status. At times the two are set at extremes; at times they merge together” (Breen 445-6).…

John Bunyan, a prestigious writer, is right up with Shakespeare of the late Renaissance. Born in a poor family, he was recruited to a religious and political war at the age of sixteen and was trapped in a tough life for a long time. In 1660, Bunyan was arrested for preaching, which led him to twelve years in prison. During his long prison life, he finished the first part of The Pilgrim’s Progress, a classical English literary work praised as “the most well-known allegory of the English…

In the allegory, Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, there is a town called Vanity and in the town of Vanity there is Vanity Fair. Vanity Fair is a fair that was set up Beelzebub, or Satan, to provide every kind of entertainment for travelers and sell all types of merchandise all year long. The main character in the book, Christian, comes upon the fair during his journey. The journey can only be made by following the pathway to the Celestial City and being strong in the relationship that God has…

As John Bunyan states, in his book the Pilgrim’s Progress, “One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner” (qtd. on BrainyQuote). Sin is a transgression of divine law, especially a willful or deliberate violation of some religious or moral principles (Sin n.p.). Sin is just another characteristic of human life. The consequences of sin are something that every human being will experience during their lifetime, because everyone is bound to make a mistake along the way. Nathaniel…

exploration of broken moral law and long- established social code of conduct through Hawthorne’s rich characters and their complex inner psychological turmoil. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4th, 1804. His father passed away due to yellow fever when Hawthorne was only four years old. He and his family then moved in with the Mannings, his immediate family. Nathaniel soon after experienced a leg injury as a young child leaving him immobile for several months,…