the poem by Anne Bradstreet which most impressed me was "upon the burning of my house". this passage most impressed me because it showed the two sides that Anne was struggling with in her puritan life, the need for earthly possessions vs. an entire puritan walk in life. she does this by talking about where the things she once possessed were placed and how she used them but then stopping herself to say that her real treasure is in heaven and she doesn't need those earthly things. Anne does this throughout the poem and it shows a deep struggle that will be hard to overcome.
journal entry:
dear journal, it has been about a week since my house burnt down. being the puritan that i am, i should not have worried about the things i lost in the fire but the pain dwells in me by the minute. when i had all of those things, it was easy to hide the desire for earthly things from the other puritan women, but now that it is all gone, i think they can see the agony i go through. i fear that i will be criticised for my need, even though i want to live a pure puritan life. although it will be hard, i must get through this and remind myself that my actual treasures are truly in heaven.
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