American Lit. Puritan Project by Savannah Hayley Halvorson

Puritan Belifes

shhalvorson — 2015-09-16 16:24:58 UTC

According to the stories Puritan's believes that everyone was predetermine to go to hell or heaven.

How do Puritan beliefs have an affect on both the style and content of Puritan literature?

shhalvorson — 2015-09-16 16:27:58 UTC

Puritan Writing Style

shhalvorson — 2015-09-16 16:31:08 UTC

The Puritan writing style is strait forward and to the point. It was known as the Plain writing style. This was because they were showing how they were telling the truth of god.

People were Predetermined

shhalvorson — 2015-09-20 21:57:33 UTC

The Plain Writing Style

shhalvorson — 2015-09-20 22:05:28 UTC

Content of Puritan Literature

shhalvorson — 2015-09-20 22:06:55 UTC

Puritan content was meant to make people fear god and that causes them to be their best behaved so that when they realized they were one of the people going to heaven; people would know that they would need to act like them in case they were one of the chosen ones.

People that were well behaved were recognized when they said that they were going to heaven

shhalvorson — 2015-09-20 22:15:07 UTC

Beliefs

shhalvorson — 2015-09-20 22:18:28 UTC

Puritans believed that they were chosen by the god to set a good example for everyone else. They were to follow the Scriptures and live by gods words.

The bible was the book that the Puritans followed word for word

shhalvorson — 2015-09-20 22:23:29 UTC

Puritan Style

shhalvorson — 2015-09-21 05:45:33 UTC

Puritans used the plain writing style to teach believers how to live and make there lives an example of how to live to the scriptures. They followed gods word as it was written.