Comparing Sinners In The Hand Of An Angry God And The Minister's

There are many similarities and different between “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards and “The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. They both present a form of the same idea but they both also have a different approach. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s style of presenting his idea is more effective than Jonathan Edwards because Edward’s approach was harsh and explicit. Hawthorne had a better way of reaching out to the people without being downright explicit. These two authors were extremely different as well as similar in many ways. The sermon “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards and the short story “The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne were alike because both of these ministers saw their congregation as sinners. Before the short story “The Minister’s Black Veil” starts, there was a sentence about Hawthorne that says, “He believes that evil was a powerful force in the world, a sentiment that infuses most of his fiction”. This applies to both authors of the sermon and the short story because they both felt that sin was a big, influencing part of their society. This took place from the 1700s to the days of the Puritans. They both had multiple

Edwards had a very explicit approach in conveying his idea of sinners. He said, “The God that holds you over the pit of Hell, much as one holds a spiders, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire…” He used many angry and emotional phrases about the congregation sinning and his thoughts on sinners being condemned to hell. His theme was everybody excluding him is a sinner. Hawthorne had a calm and mysterious approach. He was implicit in delivering his message and he had the idea of everyone including him is a sinner. The two authors had contrasting ways in how they felt towards