Assertions Analysis #12 + Reflection

Nathaniel Hawthorne is stating that words that are in the dictionary are powerless. In addition, he is saying that words have no effect on anybody when they are in the dictionary. However, once you start putting words together then they start to receive power. When someone knows how to combine those words then they could be used for good and evil. According to Jonathan Edwards in "Sinners in the hands of an Angry God" he uses diction to get the congregation emotions going. The words that he uses are powerless in the dictionary. But he decided to combine some of the words and make a sermon out of it. This meant that now his sermon has power and could effect the people. Therefore Sinners at the hands of an Angry God was more effective through the use of specific words.