Jenny McCarthy

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about what happened during the Salem Witch Trials. It gives insight about what people had to deal with in this situation and how they handled it. The trials were basically a big test which helped figuring out whether or not people were guilty of witchcraft. This is an example of what a crucible is. In our world today we still have crucibles and even though they are different than back then, they all relate to each other because of what influence they have…

Edward R. Murrow plays a big role as he begins to expose the truth about the Senator Joseph McCarthy in hopes of making a change happen to better the United States. Murrow was so determined that he went against all odds and even authority in order to bring justice and shed light on McCarthy’s wrong doings. McCarthy in the film was using his power to wrongfully accusing people of plotting against the United Sates and working with the communist party. He…

IN A DEAD WORLD, FIRE SURVIVES “Where all was burnt to ash before them no fires were to be had and the nights were long and dark and cold beyond anything they’d yet encountered. Cold to crack the stones. To take your life” (McCarthy 14). Cormac McCarthy writes of an apocalyptic world in The Road. In a world collapsing from an explosion; a man and his son fight to survive with fire on their side. Fire is not only used to give them hope of survival, but also represents their ethics, knowledge…

The era of the Cold War was a frightening and pivotal time in history. The threat of nuclear war and communism caused unrest among the American public. During the Cold War, the United States government used propaganda to combat growing social issues involving the communist threat. The United States government utilized agitprop to attack communism and defend the American way of life by promoting blacklisting, anti-Russian practices, and the desensitization of Americans. Blacklisting was a major…

Joseph McCarthy Few people in American history have ever plunged the country into panic as Joseph McCarthy did in the 1950s. He single-handedly fabricated a scandal he claimed reached into the highest branches of the US government. Lacking substantial evidence, he accused various senators, representatives, and officials of being communist spies. His infamous “list” of such people was comprised of information that was “either taken from other sources or misremembered or just made up” (Kelley).…

said was used against them. Joseph McCarthy was the main accuser of communist during the Red Scare, hence McCarthyism. McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. McCarthy accused people because he wanted power and attention. McCarthyism describes the mayhem of an era where fear and paranoia totally obliterated moderation, reason, and common sense. People weren 't willing to stand up to McCarthy because, like the Puritans, they…

to accuse other people of witchcraft. McCarthy abused his power…

The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, tells the story about a tangle of lies, misunderstandings, and deaths in the town of Salem during the time of witch trials. In the story, Abigail Williams along with a group of girls who follow her, between they Mary Warren, are responsible for falsely accusing the vast majority of people in the town of alleged relationships with the Devil, an act that the highest authorities believe. In this occasion, Miller treats topics such as integrity, revenge, guilt…

The Red Scare America 1917-1929 The main cause was a distrust of immigrants. The Red Scare applies to a period of strong anti-communism in history. The period was characterized by heightened suspicion of communists and other radicals and the fear of widespread infiltration of communists in the US government. Communism is a system the government enforces in which property is owned by the society and people receive equal pay, land, education, etc. Every being under communism is equal. Eastern…

to be the same as being accused of being a communist? Both events had a person of power (or a person who gained power over accusations) who accused people of being either a witch or a communist (Abigail Williams in The Crucible, and Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Second Red Scare) (Bonnet,…