1. American Sense of Self Reflected in Literary Movements
... the bible, were sermons, which were preached in front of congregations. Their ideas on religion are much different than ours are today. Puritans held on to the doctrine of original sin in which all humans are damned from the start. As the Puritans merged with the pilgrims, they began to embrace the idea of predestination. Predestination is the idea that God ... for her captivity, as if it were a means of punishment administered by God for an evil deed she did not recall committing; but acknowledged that God may have considered something a sin when she did not. She associated all of her ...
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- Grade Level: High School