Puritanism In Anne Bradstreet's Upon The Burning Of Our House

Puritanism will make someone the most positive person ever. In Puritan writings, good vibes are sent rather than bad ones. Puritans are people who came from England to reform or purify the Church of England. Puritans have a positive way of doing things rather than people of other religions. This can be seen by Anne Bradstreet, William Bradford, Mary Rowlandson, and John Smith.

Bradstreet’s poem, Upon the Burning of Our House: June 10th, 1666, was about her own house and personal belongings burning down while she devastatingly watched. Bradstreet is of the Puritan faith. Characteristics of this faith tend to show throughout her writing for example, while she is observing flames consume her house “I blest His name that gave and took” (Bradstreet 14). Therefore, an attribute of her Puritan writing is staying positive even through a horrendous dilemma. Bradstreet also sees the burning of her house as a blessing rather than a loss, which demonstrates utmost selflessness. For example, while she is talking about her blessings she will have in heaven, “Thou hast a house on high erect” (43). This means she knows that god will have a nice house in heaven for her. Her outlook on losing everything is optimistic, compared to people of other religions of

This leads to an inference that Smith never took the time to learn their names and that it was out of importance. This pointed out that Smith was selfish and conceded with himself. In Of Plymouth Plantation during the time of describing Indians, “His name was Samoset. He told them also of another Indian whose name was Squanto, a native of this place, who had been in England and could speak better English than himself” (Bradford 82). This statement shows that he knew some of the Indians names, yet Smith always called them insulting names or referred to them as “them” (75) or “they”