While the average American parents try to give their children the freedom to choose their own lifelong partner, the puritan parents would marry the children off young so as to prevent their children from committing fornication or other types of sins. These views on marriage confirm with the different societies ideals; for modern America, it’s the idea of freedom and for puritans, it’s the idea of not sinning and honoring God. For the puritans, divorce was not an option. They had laws that forced the couple to stay together while for current American citizens, they could have an unlimited number of divorces. This is another way the puritans prevented themselves from committing sins. The difference in the ideas of freedom and oppression in the two societies are also apparent in their views of
While the average American parents try to give their children the freedom to choose their own lifelong partner, the puritan parents would marry the children off young so as to prevent their children from committing fornication or other types of sins. These views on marriage confirm with the different societies ideals; for modern America, it’s the idea of freedom and for puritans, it’s the idea of not sinning and honoring God. For the puritans, divorce was not an option. They had laws that forced the couple to stay together while for current American citizens, they could have an unlimited number of divorces. This is another way the puritans prevented themselves from committing sins. The difference in the ideas of freedom and oppression in the two societies are also apparent in their views of