ENG250Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: John Bunyan, Lightning, Making Money
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Importance of point of view: shapes every narrative. What is left out in narratives, eg. native point of view. Ideal of america you have to live up to. Winthrop"s: city on a hill: eyes of all people on us. If we don"t live to our best selves, we will be made a story and a byword to the world. Enemies will now speak evil of god"s word. Winthrop saw himself as a moses in the wilderness. All members should be charitable to each other. Winthrop saw doom if people did not have covenant with god. Benjamin franklin: comes to represent america"s ideals of innovation. Franklin earned title of the first american. Franklin exemplified material success, rags to riches. Represents the idea of moral regeneration, one can improve oneself morally. Discovery of america is converted to process of self discovery. Franklin is massively symbolic in american history. Picture of franklin 1848: flirtation with new social class.
