What can happen if parents/guardians
are unreasonably strict?
• No school dances, no driving with friends,
no cell phone, no social media, no electronic
games, no sleepovers, no junk food, no
activities on school nights, no reality TV, no
TV on school nights, no dating, no
Starbucks…no, no, no. Work and study.
That’s it. Can you do this?
At school.
• Pass or Fail. Perfect or Fail.
• No questions asked.
• What would happen?
Uncritical, unreasonable, illogical
assessments. Can you do this?
• Consequences…
• You are accused of cheating. You will fail.
You need an excuse for your poor
performance…what might you do?
•FANATICISM
fanatic
1. a person with an extreme and uncritical
enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics
• Uncritical--not inclined or able to judge,
especially by the application of comparative
standards.
• 2. undiscriminating; not applying or not
guided by the standards of analysis:
2. surpassing what is normal or
accepted in enthusiasm for or belief
in something; excessively or
unusually dedicated or devoted
• Latin—fanaticus—unrestrained
emotion
•Based on the definition—
is fanaticism ever a
positive thing?
• Does everyone have a copy of The
Crucible?
• Does everyone have a Crucible
reading and journaling schedule?
• Did everyone record his or her
book number?
• Did everyone fill out the seating
chart?
Test tomorrow 60 points
• 41 multiple choice lower-level thinking
questions designed to determine if you read
the book.
• Two fill-in-the-blank questions concerning
How to Read Literature Like a Professor.
• Three open-ended questions; two are 5
points each; third is 7 points
• The open-ended questions ask you to
demonstrate what you learned from How
to Read Literature Like a Professor.
• In other words, you will apply what you
learned.
• If you read the text, you will know what to
do.
• Enrolled in Honors English 3 at beginning of
school year…
• New to district…
• Summer reading due no later than October 5
• Take test on Oct. 5 or 6
• If this applies to you, write down your name
and which circumstance applies to you, and
give me the paper after class.
The Glass Castle
•How does fanaticism
apply to The Glass
Castle?
•What are the
consequences?
• Rex and Rosemary Walls—fanatics
• Did they have good ideas?
• What were some of the positive results of
their good ideas?
• Good ideas taken to extremes…
• Results?
Fanatical religious belief?
•Dangerous?
•The Puritans
• A similar scenario takes place in 1621 when
William Bradford and a group of Puritans
come to the new world to create “Gods city
upon a hill.”
• Their intentions were good, but they end up
murdering 19 innocent men and women.
Why is this important to us
now?
• Because what happened in Salem,
Massachusetts demonstrates the very
worst of human nature, and this behavior
has been present in every decade in every
culture, and it is present today here in
Wexford and around the planet.
Were the Puritans fanatics?
• How were they expected to conduct their
lives?
• Predetermination
The Age of Faith or The Colonial
Period or…
Or…
•A good idea gone awry.
• The Puritans undeniably set the
foundation for American literature
and politics. Their influence is still
felt today.
The Puritans associated
themselves with pilgrims. Why?
What is a pilgrim?
Why did they call themselves
Pilgrims?
• Pilgrimage--a journey, esp. a long one,
made to some sacred place as an act of
religious devotion
• Pilgrim--a person who journeys, esp. a
long distance, to some sacred place as an
act of religious devotion
The name "puritan" came to be used to
describe members of the Church of
England who wished to purify it of all
semblances to the Roman Catholic
Church, in particular the liturgy,
vestments and Episcopal hierarchy. The
Puritans emphasized that they did not
wish to destroy the Church of England,
nor did they want to separate from it.
Their sole aim was to restore it to its
original purity.
• Any action against the church
was an action against the
government of England;
therefore, the Puritans
threatened the theocracy and
were an unwelcome presence
in England.
The Puritans
• They sailed from England with a
dream. Their Puritan vision was for
the New World to be a 'city set upon
a hill', and a light to the world. This
later overflowed into a sense of
'manifest destiny' and a belief that
America will lead the world into a
new era of peace and security.
Manifest Destiny
• Manifest-- readily perceived by the eye or
the understanding; evident; obvious;
apparent.
• Destiny--the predetermined, usually
inevitable or irresistible, course of events.
• The Puritans had an unwavering
understanding that their destiny
or purpose was predetermined for
them.
• Who determined their destiny?
•"God hath opened this
passage unto us,
and led us by the
hand unto this work.“
• Alexander Whitaker 1613
• What would a Puritan reference in order
to determine how to live his or her life?
• The literal word of God.
• The Bible
• Understood on a literal level—no room for
interpretation.
Wrote about revelations
(how God REVEALS himself)
• Comparing real life to the Bible—if it happened
in the Bible, it can happen to man on earth
• Evidence of God’s presence in the natural world
• Divine Providence—God’s direct intervention in
human affairs. Whatever happens, good or bad,
God intends it to happen and man can learn
from it.
During the first few months
after the arrival of the Puritans,
half of them died as a result of
disease, exposure, and the
harsh conditions of the
uncivilized new world.
• Nevertheless, the Puritans were able to
endure and create the first permanent,
growing settlement in the new world.
• How were they able to do this when so
many before them (explorers) were not
able to do so?
“Good” qualities
• No idle hands; always pray or work
• Industriousness; sincere, productive,
constant hard work
• Temperance; restraint, self-control
• Sobriety; abstaining from alcohol;
seriousness, clear headed
• Simplicity
Ideal qualities for carving out a civilization in
the wilderness
What were their characteristics?
• Practical
• Single-minded
• Visionary
• Convinced of the rightness of their cause
• In what ways would these Puritan
characteristics and beliefs benefit them as
they attempted to carve out a life in the
America?
Ideal qualities needed to carve out a
civilization in the rugged wilderness
• Would the Puritans be interested in
disappointing God?
•God shall not be
disappointed!!!!!
!!!!!
• How difficult would it be to remain
constantly faithful to the literal word of
God as found in the Bible?
• The Bible was the Puritans’ rulebook for
every aspect of behavior, and the Bible
was interpreted LITERALLY!!!!!!
As sure as they were of their
purpose, they also had doubts.
• Were they saved or damned?
• Because of Adam and Eve’s
disobedience, most of mankind is
damned for eternity.
• However, because of God’s mercy, he
sent his son to Earth in order to save
some.
• If one’s fate is predetermined at birth, and
that fate cannot be altered on Earth, why
would a Puritan be so intent on Godly
behavior?
How does one know if he or she is
saved? (elect)
• Outward behavior reflected inner
spirituality.
• Therefore, Puritans closely examined
their inner lives for signs of
goodness/God’s grace, and they
behaved in an exemplary manner at
all times to demonstrate their inner
goodness.
WATCH YOUR BACK
• BECAUSE BOTH INNER AND OUTWARD
EVENTS REFLECT A PERSON’S PATH
TOWARD SALVATION, EVERYONE’S
BEHAVIOR WAS CLOSELY WATCHED BY
OTHERS.
• Is it possible to remain “perfect” as per
the Bible 24/7?
•Why not?
• What are some methods that the Puritans
might have in order to appear perfect or
to cover up their imperfections?
• On whom would a “sinful” Puritan be most
likely to blame his negative actions?
• How can these methods be used to do
some of the “sinful” things that they might
want to but they cannot overtly do?
• For example, a Puritan might feel hatred
toward someone, but the Bible does not
condone the expression of hatred toward
another.
• What do we call a person who acts or
appears one way but actually thinks or
believes something else.
• Puritan Example: I am sitting faithfully in
church today where everyone can see me,
but in my mind I want to play
shuffleboard at the tavern with my
neighbor’s wife.
• Yes, a hypocrite.
• Is the hypocrite fooling God?
• What types of problems may ensue from
this type of hypocritical behavior?
• How many Puritans were hypocrites?
• Do you blame them? Why? Why not?
• Although the Puritans believed in Divine
Providence, do you think it is possible to
accept even all of the negative things that
happen to us as something that we must
accept as God’s will and actually be
thankful or understanding that it
happened because God wants us to learn
form it? Is this possible to do 24/7
without any doubts?
• However, doubting God’s intentions is a
sin, and Puritans may not sin lest they
admit to being unregenerate or unsaved.
• Therefore, how would a Puritan deal with
the natural human emotion of being bitter
or angry at something terrible that befell
them?
• Yes, the Puritans were fanatics.
• What did their fanaticism lead to?
• What do you think happened to the
fundamental Puritans ?
• Think of the Walls family
Don’t get caught doing something
wrong!!!
Don’t even THINK something
wrong!!!
DAMNED
•UNREGENERATE—NOT
RENEWED OR RESTORED
SAVED
ELECT--CHOSEN
Soup Kitchen volunteer
Daily Life
• Outward physical events have inner
spiritual meaning.
• He’s been
bad!
Always connect the Bible to real life; if it happened
in the Bible, it can happen to man on earth.
Man will also experience floods.
Bible is the LITERAL word of
God
• Fourth Commandment:
Keep the Sabbath holy.
No excuses
Why was it necessary for all
Puritans to be able to read the
Bible?
• To learn about God’s plan for us
• To be able to defend one’s religion
• To be well-read; Puritans valued education
Many Puritans were accustomed to
higher education as experienced in
England
Harvard College
• Established only 16 years after Mayflower
arrival.
Puritan Style
• Based on the Bible
– Just as the Puritans rejected any adornments
or ceremony not mentioned in the Bible, their
writing reflected the same idea—PLAIN
– No wit or word play
– Figurative language or literary devices used
only to make a point about Bible/spirituality
– Plain so that all could understand
Diaries and Histories
• Although these documents record history
in the making, they were primarily written
to RECORD THE WORK OF GOD ON
EARTH.
Puritan writing uses archaic (old)
syntax and diction.
• Syntax—the way sentences are put
together. Archaic syntax=inversions:
• I will turn out the light. typical syntax
• The light I will turn out. Inverted syntax
• Diction—word choice—archaic diction
• Thy light I shall turn out for thee.
The Crucible reading, journaling, and writing
schedule
• In class essay Oct. 1 (specific directions will be
provided)
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Archaic—outdated, oldfashioned: diction and syntax
• Diction—word choice
Archaic diction:
• thus thusly
hither
nary
forsooth (in fact, indeed)
thou
Syntax—the way sentence parts
are arranged
• Archaic syntax--Inversion
• inversion—reversal of syntax
• I drove to school.—traditional
• Archaic inversion—To school I drove.
• The Puritans’ belief that God would
reveal himself to them through the
natural world served as an essential
concept in the Puritans’ lives. Based
on your reading of Plymouth
Plantation, demonstrate how this idea
of a nature-based revelation played a
role in the Puritans’ ability to establish
themselves in America. Offer
CONCRETE evidence from the text.
• Once the Puritans disembark from the
Mayflower, William Bradford reflects for
a moment on the terrible situation that
he and the others now find
themselves. In the same passage,
Bradford then brings to mind episodes
from the Bible. Why does he juxtapose
these two thought processes? Offer
CONCRETE evidence from the text.
•The excerpt from Plymouth
Plantation reveals the relationship
between the sailors and the
Puritans. Based on your reading of
Plymouth Plantation, demonstrate
how the Puritan faith played a role
in determining how the Puritans
and the sailors interacted. Offer
CONCRETE evidence from the
text.
•Divine providence served as an
essential concept in the Puritans’
lives. Based on your reading of
Plymouth Plantation, demonstrate
how divine providence played a
role in the Puritans ability to
establish themselves in America.
Offer CONCRETE evidence from
the text.
• How does this next slide illustrate the
Puritans’ vision of manifest destiny?
American Progress by John Gast 1872