Model Of Christian Charity
Although a community can be simply defined as a group of people living in the same place, the significance of a community is far more complex. John Winthrop and St. Jean de Crevecoeur express their passion for an ideal world where the people are united and work for the good of the society. In A Model of Christian Charity, Winthrop lays out specific guidelines that must be followed in order for the Puritan settlers to live cordially together in this New World. He writes, “every man might have need of other, and from hence they might be all knit more nearly together in the Bonds of brotherly affection”(60). He wanted the Puritans to collectively embrace their future challenges, unite as one, and fulfill the task of establishing a new Christian
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Winthrop set forth many rules for living together as a community and staying united by serving God. He wrote how a strong society outweighed the people’s individual needs and no one would prosper if the community as a whole failed. Winthrop threatened the wrath of God if the people did not follow the rules of the New World. In addition, he states that God is not the only one watching the community they seek to create. He wrote, “For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all the people are upon us”(66). Crevecoeur boasts how America is a community of many nationalities. He wrote, “They are a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes. From this promiscuous breed, that race now called Americans have …show more content…
Winthrop and Crevecoeur show what it is like to work for the good of the community and not for your own personal gain. Winthrop’s assertive rules and threats of God’s punishments strived to produce a society like no other. Crevecoeur shows an optimistic America where men can live, work and enjoy their lives, while other nations display little equality. Winthrop and Crevecoeur were humanitarians that put the good of the community before their own desires and interests. They are both enlightening authors that exemplify true
Winthrop set forth many rules for living together as a community and staying united by serving God. He wrote how a strong society outweighed the people’s individual needs and no one would prosper if the community as a whole failed. Winthrop threatened the wrath of God if the people did not follow the rules of the New World. In addition, he states that God is not the only one watching the community they seek to create. He wrote, “For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all the people are upon us”(66). Crevecoeur boasts how America is a community of many nationalities. He wrote, “They are a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes. From this promiscuous breed, that race now called Americans have …show more content…
Winthrop and Crevecoeur show what it is like to work for the good of the community and not for your own personal gain. Winthrop’s assertive rules and threats of God’s punishments strived to produce a society like no other. Crevecoeur shows an optimistic America where men can live, work and enjoy their lives, while other nations display little equality. Winthrop and Crevecoeur were humanitarians that put the good of the community before their own desires and interests. They are both enlightening authors that exemplify true