Entry B. Anne Bradstreet

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1. Poem Reflection: "Upon the Burning of Our House"

The poem "Upon the Burning of Our House" by Anne Bradstreet most impressed me because although she is torn apart by the tragedy of her house burning down she always returns her attention to God. She does this in a lot of her poems but this one caught my attention because the burning or her house was a terrifying trauma. Yet Anne Bradstreet still finds her way back to her beliefs in her hardest times.

2. Diary Entry:

As I was driving my car today I past by a brand new outlet mall on my way to church and although i was running a little late i just had to stop and scope out the new stores, drawn in by the attractive lights and signs. I knew i should have continued on my way to church but i was caught up in the passion to shop. I got out of the car in a hurry trying to make my way fast threw the crowd still remembering that i had to get to church within a few short minutes and this service i could not miss. I went passed most of the stores which did not appeal to me when i came across my favorite store...Gucci!!!!!!!! Still knowing that i have to get to church I stared through the window, scanning their inventory. Purses, shoes and jewelry galore. So now im stuck with the desicion of going into the store and probally missing church service or leaving right now and hopefully make it on time. So i pondered this decision finally coming up with a conclusion. I shall attened church and just come back another time to this store which will always be here!

3. Political Cartoon:

When women’s rights were assumed most women took immediate action to the thing that they could rightly do. In the political cartoon there is a woman standing up for her newly assumed rights as a woman allowed to vote. In Anne Bradstreet’s poem “Upon the Burning of Our House” she talks about how her house and all of her things were consumed in a fire, but she stands up for her Puritan beliefs and refers to her real treasure lying above. The next detail in the political cartoon is the grim look on the woman’s face as she sees that she is leaving her husband and her children behind although she knows what she is doing is right. Parallel to this, Anne Bradstreet talks in her poem about how she misses her materialistic things but she catches herself, coming back to her Puritan beliefs which she knows is what she should be thinking about. So relating this political cartoon and Anne Bradstreet’s poem is both women stand up for what they believe in but the fall back to the things that they are most comfortable with.