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The Pilgrim's Progress: An Analysis

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After reading John Bunyan’s most renowned book, The Pilgrim’s Progress, I tried to view it objectively having both positive and negative opinions, and I shall attempt to state both in the following paragraphs in a fair manner. Please bear in mind that these are simply my opinions, and that all criticism/comments in my opinion are fair and constructive. I was asked whether or not I enjoyed the book, and quite frankly, I hold some reservations. I did not enjoy it as much as I anticipated that I would given that it is such a popular piece of Christian literature, but in saying that, I enjoyed it to a reasonable extent. I can understand the objective for why it was written. We also have to remember that it was compiled almost three hundred …show more content…

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To try to successfully live life oblivious to God’s guiding is futile and detrimental. It may seem that one is doing okay, but to be oblivious to God’s goodness and refusing to put Him first is a cloaked denial from satan as many shipwreck their lives on the rocks of pride and addictive habits. Overall, I would recommend reading The Pilgrim’s Progress as it has the potential to be a great key to success in the Christian life. Although I had some negative reservations concerning the book, it is probably well suggested to familiarise yourself with the characters and storyline by reading the story over a few occasions. This way, you can glean considerably more from the story. Another proposed reason is that as life has many seasons, the story will thus relate to us in different ways. In conclusion, my negative reservations are by far outweighed by the positive attributes of this God guided

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