American Literature: Critical Essay

ENGL 2131

Fall 2018

Dr. Rogers

Topic for Critical Essay 2, due in D2L by 11:59 P.M. November 1st.

1.  John Winthrop's "Model of Christian Charity," and the Declaration of Independence both function as early American articulations of shared values. How do these documents compare to one another? How did American values change over the course of 150 years? What does the Declaration, an eighteenth-century text, have in common with the Puritan documents?