Barbados

Each year, the journey of life changes, evolving into new experiences that come with even greater challenges. Those struggles root themselves in society and grow outward, reaching every citizen. Some stand above these roots, at a point where they will never be reached. But that is less than ideal, every person will find themselves at a disadvantage more often than not. Even if that disadvantage means coming in second rather than first. The books I have read all demonstrate actions and points…

Throughout the play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, hysteria fueled by the fear of witchcraft spreads like wildfire through the damaged and subdued Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts. The Crucible illustrates that it only takes one person to make an entire society become unhinged, especially violently. Abbigail Parris’ motivation for fueling the hysteria was the power and respect that she receives as a result of it, and she, as a character, demonstrates that in the right conditions,…

John F. Kennedy once stated that, “We are the Nation of Immigrants”. Immigrants referring to; people who move to a foreign country in hopes of finding a better life for themselves. With this, anyone who has moved to America was at one point an immigrant. Some families have been in America for hundreds of years. Some have just been here for days. But nonetheless, we are all immigrants. In 1602 the first immigrants came to America. The protestants wanted religious freedom from the…

Betty to wake up from her fake sickness she lies silent and motionless in her bed, worried what her father's reaction will be. Her sickness spikes the witchcraft rumors and causes further accusation. Tituba: (Age: 40's) She is originally from Barbados, and is now Reverend Parris' slave. She was caught in the woods doing "black magic," however later finding out Abigail Williams and Ruth Putnam is the ones who manipulated…

In light of the above, it is inherent in human nature to resist change, for numerous reasons, such as, fear of the unfamiliar, fear of uncertainty, loss of control, strong connection to old ways and habits, or just a fear of failure; regardless of the reasons humans for the most part approach change with a sense of apprehension and foreboding. Relative to that, since human beings make up governments and governments dictates the direction of a nation’s international policies, the same could be…

I have always had a rough time writing essays in my academic career. The hardest thing for me in writing is structuring essays and making them flow. It wasn’t in till the 9th grade that I had a teacher who showed me how to set up an essay so that it is easier to read. One of the simplest things I struggle with in my writing career was spelling. Starting in elementary I would memorize words for a spelling test instead of actually learning how to spell them. This snow balled into a bad habit of…

Imagine being an innocent person accused of being a communist and jailed. In the article about McCarthy and the Red Scare, Alan Brinkley states how the Red Scare started rumors that affected the way people acted. Alan Brinkley states in the article, “The Red Scares were fears when government officials and other groups promoted a fear of communism in the United States, which would overthrow capitalism and democracy” (Brinkley). The government starts to fear that there were communists in the…

In The Crucible, Abigail first points fingers at Tituba, her slave from Barbados, screaming, “[s]he made me do it! She made Betty do it!” when she is asked if she has called the Devil (Miller 160). She is aware that Tituba is an easy target because she is known to practice voodoo. There are many other unfounded accusations made…

Indentured Servitude were men and women who signed a contract that stated the agreement that the servants would work for a fixed amount of years. The amount of years depended on age, sex and race. To pay for the cost of the passage to America servants would sign contracts that stated they needed to work for a fixed amount of years typically four to seven, In exchange for passage to the New world from England, the early settlers promised the servants housing, food, and clothing. At the end of…

Kayla Horton Mrs. Quinn American Literature Honors 7 March 2016 Witch Hysteria Comes To Salem Salem Village was a small area made up of farms and neighbored by thick forest. At the center of town stood the village church, which was attended by most all of the inhabitants every Sunday. Not attending church to practice another activity was viewed as sinful by Puritans. Villagers were mainly poor and endured hard lifestyles with “a constant fear of Indian attacks, severe illness, and even death”…