Sinners In The Hands Of A Angry God By Jonathon Edwards

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Essential Questions Essay How does literature reflect and shape the society? Literature includes the richness of American History, and also the different types of cultures in the American society. It reflects the society by, persuading, demonstrating, and informing readers, which brings about their emotions or views toward the literature. Society can become easily persuaded by the seriousness from the texts of literature, and find a reason how it can shape the people. This is demonstrated in the famous sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of a Angry God,” addressed by Jonathon Edwards, extremist preacher. Jonathon Edwards begins his sermon, saying people will be punished if they don’t follow the path to salvation, and God. He was preaching to the …show more content…

The literature proves that if one does any sin, then one belongs in the depths of burning Hell. The quote can shape society in ways, such as, making the people believe the message Edwards is trying to prove, and making everyone else believe that as well. The Puritan society, scared and paranoid, can either doubt every word Jonathon Edward’s delivered, or go along with what they heard and trust the words they believe are coming from …show more content…

Edwards’s states, “It is doubtless the case that some whom you have seen and known, that never deserved more Hell than you, and that hereto appeared likely to have been now alive as you.” (90) Edwards unfolds the truth that those who want to be alive, but are in Hell, are more fit to be because they are lost souls, and don’t know what path leads to what. Those he is speaking to that are alive and well should be sent down below since they aren’t following the will of God, and do ruthless things that lead to sins, or punishments. The fortunate, who are alive, should be more grateful that they aren’t the ones who are suffering in scorching fire below the ground. Those things could include, flirting, lying, or being someone who doesn’t have respect to others even when they have the ability to change that they

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