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. Barometer AP Language & Composition September 11, 2014 John Winthrop Plea for a Godly Lifestyle in New England John Winthrop plead for the English Puritans that were traveling to New England to lead that of a godly lifestyle in the colony. Being a leader in founding Massachusetts Bay Colony, Winthrop hoped to see it flourish and wanted the Puritans to know what God would expect of them.Winthrop gets his point across by using beseeching diction to display his tone of eagerness for the Puritans to succeed.
With phrases like "we must be knit together in this work as one man," and "we must alight In each other;" Winthrop conveys his desire for God's blessing to be upon them in their new adventure. To tug on the heart strings of the settling Puritans, Winthrop uses a pathos appeal by saying, "The Lord will surely break out in wrath against us;" which most likely struck fear In the Puritans.Read also Malcolm X “Learning to Read” AnalysisWith John Winthrop diction of eagerness and pleading towards the settlers, they are forced to see his desperation for them to be living a lifestyle that would please
