The Puritan Journey Puritans were looked upon as being fanatics. They were god’s so-called chosen people. In their eyes, America was, in a sense, the second Garden of Eden. They wanted to come to America and live the perfect life in a utopian society. They emphasized “Original Sin” in their teaching, which taught that everyone was already born a sinner. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown,” Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven,” and Jonathan …showed first 75 words of 1500 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1500 total…based upon trying to evade sin, trying to perfect one’s self, and the want and need of going to heaven. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown,” Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” are all images of the journey. These standpoints all prove that as humans, we are completely sinful and corrupt by nature, undeserving, and will ultimately be damned to hell. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**