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Education seems to be important. Letter F says the idle fool is Whipped at school. Back In those days, those who misbehaved were hit with a ruler. This indicates that there must be some sort of respect for education.

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Childrens role back during this time seemed to be very important. Not only were children taught the same religious practice and beliefs as their parents, but they were taught have to behave - manners. Letter Y illustrates the image of a young boy running from a skeleton while the text says "Youth forward slips, Death soonest nips." This statement shows how when children messed up or got into trouble from time to time, they would be punished harshly and wouldn't forget their mistakes...this tells me that being a respectful/well behaved child was very important.

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The importance of the Bible- letter B

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The story of Adam and Eve provides us a good idea of how they were raised to detest sin but also live with the fact that they are responsible for sin and must atone for it.

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They believe they need to read scripture to learn and repair themselves as people. If they did this, their life would become significantly better and more full. Letter B.

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Letter B
This letter shows how they believed in God and followed the Bible because it is a picture of a bible, but also letter A references Adam and Eve.  The words “thy life to mend, God’s book attend” make me think that they relied on the Bible for answers In their lives

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It looks like they used scare tactics in order to ensure the children believed in God. One example was letter P: “Peter denies the lord and cries.” Another letter that I found interesting was W because it stated that even animals worshipped God and saw him as almighty. These letters indicate that religion was first and foremost in the children’s upbringing and education.

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They put their religion first and you must obey it. It said peter cries when he denies the lord. Letter P

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The Bible further elaborates on Adam and Eve, to show the children how to atone and mend their sins. By attending the book of God

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Some of the things they thought these children in school are extremely grim like letter R Rachel mourns for her first born and letter F says idle fool is whipped at school.

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The Bible is evidently a enormous part of their society as well as who they are as people.  Letter H says, “My book and heart shall never part”. This means their heart is connected with the Bible.  Each lesson and verse in the Bible is extremely heartfelt to them and the day that their heart is no longer drawn to the Bible is the day that they will not live.  They put their soul into the teachings of God and will not let themselves see they day that they do not feel the same.

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Letter B and letter P The Bible holds great importance and they use for lessons and they use it to learn from the mistake of others in the text. Like when peter denies Jesus three times.

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"book and heart shall never part". As long as you live you will stay true to your religion- letter H

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Letter Y. In the letter it basically states that one mistake from a child can take their life. The role of the kids is to be the future but this letter is warning them that it is not easy to live that long.

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The phrasing used with the letter B is very interesting because the word "Mend" is used. This particular word means to repair and how it is stated makes you think that these people believed that you were born with sin and you had to read the bible and attend church to become one with God.

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Letter Y
For this letter it says, “youth forward slips, death soonest nips”. This references how short their life was because they didn’t have advanced medicine or anything that would prevent them from disease and sicknesses. It says how as you grow up, you’re growing closer to death.
They’re telling this and showing these images to young kids—weird how they are scaring children with death at such a young age

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When reading the letter N, I can see two nightingales sitting in a tree. The text reads, "Nightingales sing, In time of spring." This clearly illustrates the idea that the puritans were very invested in the seasonal change, especially spring as it was important that a new chapter was starting. At this time, they were also getting passed harsh winter so looking in the future towards a warm, fresh spring was very exciting for them.

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Everyone should or does value god, even the animals are important to the religion in some way. Letter W

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Nature and wildlife was very important to the Puritans. Many letters including Z, W, O, N, M, L, E, and C had a description and image related to nature. For example letter N is "Nightingales sing / In time of spring." The Puritans highlighted the beauty of nature and wildlife through their Primer. The Puritans were then able to connect the beauty of nature to the beauty of God.

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“A Dog will bite, A thief at Night”- D. Thy believe that crimes like stealing and probably others weren’t good obviously. That those that commit a crime should be punished in the end.

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“My book and heart Shall never part”- H. This could both connect to the Bible as well as education as a whole. Connecting to the Bible in the way that people would keep it close to their heart and found hope within it. As well as connecting to education because it was something to value as a young child.

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The letter F is basically stating that if you're not intelligent, you will be beaten and not succeed. In other words education was valued by all.

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Letter Y stood out because it mentioned how once youth slips away, death is looming. I found this a strange message to convey to such young children that are only learning the alphabet; it came across as extremely morbid. I had the same thought when I read letter R, talking about a mother mourning her newborn. These bleak and threatening rhymes don’t seem appropriate, and wouldn’t be today.

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When taking into account letters C,D and E an inference can be made in the fact that they while both respecting downtime, have work to do. A duty to protect which they have worked for and a wish to rise in society and fly high. This can show us that they respect hard work and such hard work is honored with great rewards.

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In letter N, it says”Time cuts down both great and small”.  This means nobody will live forever, and nobody is more powerful than anyone else.  No matter how much you have accomplished in this society, at the end of the day they are children of God bowing before him.  The time is life, and when life runs out, we look to God to determine their fate, their past successes.

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Letter G says "As runs the Glass. Man's life doth pass." This indicates that time is very important. They are aware that one day they are going to die so they need to make the most of it

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An acceptance of God is extremely important to this society as well as following the rules. We can see in letter B it talks about the Bible and is Letter F it talks about a fool getting whipped for not doing anything in school. Many other letters are bible references as well like P and S

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Another Idea that seemed really important to the Puritans is the acceptance of death. In letters Y, X, R, L, K, G, and C death is one of the main focuses. They teach their children that death is inevitable. They show that death is just a part of life. They teach this so their children are no longer scared of death.

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Stephanie mentioned how they were trying to show the children not to be afraid of death. It is inevitable and a part of life, so you might as well worship God in order to get into heaven.

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Importance on education and rewards for hard work

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All beings worship God. Death is inevitable. Obedience, education, and God are first and foremost. Time is running out, life is short so you need to obey God.