In the early seventeenth century the one and only thing that concerned the Puritan’s was their status with God. No matter what they did it was in order to please Him. Their reverence to God was everything to them. They modeled their community as a patriarchal community. This meant that the father or husband was the head of the household, just as God was head of the church. They also believed that the leader …showed first 75 words of 816 total…

…showed last 75 words of 816 total…house burn to the ground, takes the time to examine herself and realize that it is God’s will that her house burn. French, while being held captive by Indians, takes the time to write her sister and tell her about the Lord. This shows that the puritan’s would at any time examine themselves, their family, or their neighbors. Works Cited Lauter, Paul. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, Massachusetts. 1979.