cotton mathers
The Colonization Era was a time of "...new beginnings...and the birth of many cultures into one new society" (Lovelace 74). The first inhabitants were of European decent, seeking to escape religious persecution. The Pilgrims and Puritans came over to America with the desire for religious freedom. The Pilgrims had left the Anglican Church, seeing at as hopelessly corrupt. The Puritans had many of the same theological beliefs as the Pilgrims but sought to work within the State church. Suffering great persecution, however, they joined their Pilgrim brethren in coming to America. One such Puritan was Cotton Mather, a well-known and gaining respect as a literary figure of his time. The themes of the Puritan Age are reflected in the writings of Cotton Mather and provide readers with valuable information revealing the realities of this period of American literature. For many years, Europe suffered under waves of religious persecution. Naturally, many of these victims were tired of being told what to believe or how practice their own religion. As a result, instead of
fighting a losing battle, they made a pilgrimage to the New Land, where opportunity and resurgence were promised. Indeed, the arduousness of these new inhabitants to colonize America was huge, "...and if not enough already, the Devil reaped our path of righteousness with death and disease" (Wendell 77). Unfortunately, as Wendell put it, death and disease were a common sight, as it was with most of the long distant traveling over seas, and with inadequate supplies, due to loading more people, death came as though through an open door (77). "...And I stepped on the foreign land, a rush, like a blessed wave from my toes to my eyes. My heart wanted to cry freedom, but not when my eyes saw tragedy...and as quick and desperate as possible, my mind justified what I had seen as necessary for our future advancement. Nonetheless, the hair on my skin stood tall, my eyes rolled back as I dropped to the ground with a salty waterfall running down my cheeks...a spiritual awakening as I proclaimed, 'Lord I am Thankful'" (Carson 25). Thanksgiving, a day defined by these pilgr
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