Historical narrative

Bigotry

Puritan

Colonial New England was a harsh place in which to eke out a living with its unforgiving climate and superstitious culture.  As Kit struggles to adapt to the rules and standards of the strict colony, she constantly makes mistakes and gets in trouble. Despite her desire to honor her uncle and aunt, she somehow manages to make things worse. The proverbial straw is her friendship with an old Quaker woman and her reading lessons for a young girl in the town.

Nearly 60 years after its first publication, The Witch of Blackbird Pond continues to delight new readers. The colonial setting is a draw for those studying early American history, but the themes of the book transcend its setting. Every community has moments where it lets superstition, gossip, and misunderstanding govern instead of kindness, rationality, and truth-telling.

Kit’s story is one many adolescents resonate with as she is caught between the unswerving obedience of childhood and the more mature decision-making of an adult. When is it right to disobey those in authority? to choose kindness? to stand up for your beliefs? How do we balance mercy and justice? These are questions we never really outgrow, and the Bible has much to say about them!

This is a terrific book to prompt thought-provoking discussions as well as to encourage us to look closely at history; we can learn a lot from the mistakes of those who’ve gone before.

Bigotry:obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction, in particular prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.

puritan: a member of a 16th and 17th-century Protestant movement in England that sought to "purify" the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices and create a more devout society based on their religious ideals

bigotry: an obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction, bigotry against a person or people based on their membership of a particular group.

puritan: a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th. very religious

Bigotry is an unreasonable attachment to an opinion about a group.

A Puritan is a person having or displaying censorious moral beliefs.

Bigotry is an unreasonable attachment to a belief or opinion about a group.

A puritan is someone having or displaying censorious moral beliefs.

bigotry: unreasonable prejudice of their membership of a particular of their groups

puritan: a member of a 16th and 17th-century Protestant movement in England that sought to "purify" the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices and create a more devout society based on their religious ideals

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