Assertion analysis #6 John Winthrop

     Puritans believed that they were superior and any other belief or religion was wrong. The puritans community had extremely strong beliefs and because of this they were kicked out of England. John Winthrop was a puritan that wrote a speech that scared people into following him and his plans, most puritans were like this. John created this illusion that made fear among the puritans so that they can follow him. he also used diction to shape his words and manipulate the audience.
     John Winthrop main goals for him and the puritans that followed him were to be the better or superior race and religion. He used many different things to threaten the group of puritans into believing him. he would say "the eyes of all people are upon us; so that if we shall deal falsely with our god in this work we have undertaken". He was letting them know that if they mess up then it would give people a reason to talk down at them, and the puritans had already been kicked out of England so they couldn't handle anymore shame. John Winthrop saw this issue and couldn't let it happen so he scared them into behaving and following him.
     He used diction to make his words control the puritans that were following him. while he used diction he created this illusion so his story and beliefs would be more understandable to the group of puritans and really trust him and help him accomplish his goal. In part of his speech he says"we shall be made a story and a byword through the world, we shall open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of god and all professors for gods sake". John Winthrop said this because he wants the puritans to listen to them by scaring them. he even involved god, that shows how much we wanted them to follow and listen to him.
     His intentions were just to help out his puritan community but i don't think that he should of made the illusion of a story to get them to follow him. He created fear just to manipulate them and that wasn't right of him to do.   
         

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