Short Answer Question on American Lit (John Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity”)
Below you will find the prompt for the short answer question. The response only needs to be two paragraphs and must quote/use textual evidence at least twice from the works being discussed.
(John Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” and “City Upon a Hill.” )
John Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity,” which inspires the Puritan mission to become a “city upon a hill.”
This prevailing concept of American Exceptionalism also pervades the mindset of later generations of Americans who will follow course. But what exactly is it that makes America exceptional? We have often held ourselves, as Winthrop’s congregation did, as a beacon of light for others, what Lincoln called “the last best hope of the earth.” Consider the inscription on the Statue of Liberty that reads, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” We have held ourselves as a refuge of light. But are we? Should we be? Does America offer something special? Something that sets it apart from other nations? Now, nearly 400 years after the passengers of the Arbella climbed ashore, do we still think of ourselves as a “city upon a hill”?
