One of the main themes is teaching children the basic rules of the Puritan religion, such as how to treat other people in the community. The main point of the New England Primer is to teach children about the Puritan religion and how to behave. For example, the Primer explains to children that they must respect God's sanctuary, obey people who are superior to you, and pray to God for their enemies. Since children have to respect different people in the community, another theme is respect and love. Respect is a major theme of the New England Primer because children must learn to respect everyone in their community, even their enemies. The Primer teaches children to pray for their enemies as a sign of respect. They must also respect their parents, friends, God, men, elders and superiors. Love is more of a hidden theme in The Primer because it teaches children not only respect but also teaches how to love people and treat them too. Additionally, The Primer teaches children how to love and embrace their religion, God, and Christ. Another theme is not to sin but only to do good. In the text it says: “Do not betray sin, do not delay, in doing good”. This phrase says not to procrastinate in doing good and not to sin because it is important to do good and not evil. A recurring theme in The New England Primer is the afterlife. The text discusses that in the afterlife only believers will be resurrected and united with Christ. In the afterlife, believers will rejoice with Christ and other believers. Another interesting theme I discovered is honesty. For example, the text says, “As far as is in me, I will keep all the holy commandments of God.” The quote represents honesty because it teaches children to grow and become honest with themselves as they follow and practice the holy commandments. For example, a child will learn to become honest with himself because