Americans Have Lost Their Puritan Work Ethic

The Puritans are a well known religious group. They were known for reasons that made them separate from the Catholic Church. They are also extremely well known for their strong work ethic. This ethic was the foundation of America and is now lost upon the Americans who depend upon their country to give them the material possessions they want but do not want to do any work for those things.
A large number of people who came over to America from England in the 1600’s were Puritan. They moved to American because of strong religious beliefs and disagreements between their beliefs and those of the Catholic Church. They wanted a thorough reformation of the Catholic Church. They also strongly leaned their beliefs towards Protestantism and Calvinism.
The Puritans had a very strong work ethic. They believed that “It is important for a person to work hard and achieve, as well as be thrifty, honest and respectful for authority.” (Puritan Work Ethic) Any success that came from living a life with this ethic in mind was a sign from God. These signs meant your life was going well and that God liked you. This was a good sign for your afterlife as well. This work ethic also fits along with the Protestant work ethic which was also that hard work and thrifty spending would give you financial success. This work ethic is a moral in many stories. From Aesop’s fable about an ant and a grasshopper to stories about the devil, authors for ages have been teaching us that the only way to succeed in life is through hard work. In Aesop’s fable, the grasshopper learns a very important lesson about how hard work and preparation are the only ways to move forward in life. During the 1600s and the 1700s many Puritans wanted to have literature to read, however fiction was not permitted because as they believed, fiction was a lie and lies were sins. Authors would get around this by tying parts of the story they are writing to real life. This includes having a setting the reader can recognize