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    Have No Fear Have you ever heard a motivational speech and while it was going on you felt so motivated‚ but when it was over you did not know what to do with yourself? In Beyond Scared Straight‚ "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚" and "Can Kids Be Scared Straight?" all three authors try to persuade people to do the right things in a forceful tone‚ but there are reasons why appeals to fear is not the best motivational force. Some reasons why appeals to fear is not the best motivational force

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    The use of pathos is convincing in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” because how the preacher has no emotion in his sermon and used literary terms to scare the Puritans. First reason that the preacher has no emotion in his sermon is that he scares them to turn to God‚ and he is using literary terms to scare the Puritans. To illustrate the reason that the preacher has literary terms in his sermon is that he has to scare the puritans to turn back to God. “There is the dreadful pit of the

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    out.” Though this quote might have been years later than 1741 during the time of the Great Awakening. Jonathan Edwards gave the inspiring speech “Sinners in The Hands of an Angry God” to puritans who left the church and left Edwards feeling that puritanism was in danger. He uses fear as a tactic to get the unfaithful puritans to rededicate their lives to God and gives them hope to repent for the mistakes they have made. Edwards uses frightful imagery‚ and violent then hopeful metaphors to get puritans

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    Jonathan Edwards Discussion Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the hands of an Angry God” approaches the audience with a call to action. Jonathan does not soften his blows of aggression towards those listening to his sermon. Edwards’ use of imagery and syntax add to the emotional effect of the sermon. “The bow of God’s wrath is bent‚ and the arrow made ready on the string.” This metaphor is directed to those that sin‚ and is used as a more blunt approach to those who do bad‚ than Plato’s “Allegory

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    As said in (Edwards 42)”God’s wrath is incensed and provoked as much against you‚ as against many of the damned in hell.” It goes to show you that God is a great jealous God‚ but angry God at the ones who do not worship and abide by his rules. In “Corcoran” it shows the teens how the prisoners were just like them at their age but they didn’t have people to influence them and show them what they were about to be going

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    Jonathan Edwards’s sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” delivers the dogma that only the mercy of God can save one from being condemned to Hell. Edwards appealed to his followers’ fear as a way of guiding his flock towards what he saw as the correct principles of Christian faith; the intensely terrifying metaphors of the sermon were his trademark. He bases his sermon from Deuteronomy 32:35 "Their foot shall slide in due time" (NAAL 425)‚ which equates in layman terms as “give them enough

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    salvation worlds used today such as heaven and redeem. “The whole destiny of America lies with Puritans when they landed on this shores and their attitude believes and behavior have affected us.” (Hutson) In the 1640‚ the sermon called‚ “Sinners in the hands of angry god” by John Edwards perceived the explosion of salvation. While others were exposed to neutral words and displaying the Americans‚ not the Canadians had salvation on their mind. In the concept of being redeemed of sin the American worked

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    occasion. In Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the hands of an Angry God”‚ Edwards uses three main persuasive techniques which are‚ connections to reality‚ his vivid description‚ and fear of the unknown.

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    Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Jonathan Edwards wrote this lecture‚ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚” to preach to the congregation of his church during the period of Great Awakening‚ a time of religious revival. He knows how to persuade and uses numerous techniques to do so. In his sermons‚ Edward’s expressive‚ informative‚ and argumentative writing style and his use of simile‚ metaphor‚ personification‚ imagery‚ and tone creates a fearful‚ emotional image in the minds of his readers

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    Nature Expressed in Contemplations and Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Many authors communicate their messages‚ feelings‚ and beliefs in their writings. This is very true of both authors‚ Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards. Puritanism is the base of their beliefs. In the short stories‚ “Contemplations” by Anne Bradstreet and “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards‚ the similarities and differences are interesting‚ though hard for the reader to understand. In these

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