Lewis Mumford

I didn't realize it until I read the topic for this essay but, none of the stories we read this year were based on happy events. Both Whale Talk and Crucible were both situated around difficult times for the characters involved. Both stories have a “bad guy” or a bully. The main characters of both stories had to overcome those people. In The Crucible John Proctor committed adultery with a girl named Abigail. After the incident when she tried to come to him again, he denied her. This caused her…

Character is what defines us as a person through our everyday life, not only our victorious moments but also our difficult times. There are two different people in life, the ones’ who meet change and the ones’ who stay at a standstill. The Crucible is a play involving Salem and victims of witchcraft, who suffers extreme consequences. Parris is a reverend who has high authority in church, however his reputation is put on the line as his daughter, Abigail and niece are caught dancing with slave…

In the play “The Crucible”, the author, Arthor Miller tells the story of a vast array of people involved during the 1690’s Salem Witch Trials. Miller takes your through all the confusion of the time. The play tackles the theme of hysteria, neighbors turned on one another. They accuse each other of being involved with witchcraft. The fear the hysteria brings, confusion and overwhelmed all logic and individual thought. The whole community aspect in the town is in ruins, everyone mistrust…

Aubrey Drake Graham, better known as Drake, is a world renowned rapper from Toronto, Canada. He is known for his Grammy winning music, his work on the television show Degrassi, and for his involvement with the communities in Canada and the NBA. Today, the ninety million dollar star is caught in the middle of a horrific murder case of his long time friend and OVO label affiliate, Fif, real name, Anthony Soares. Although the Fif’s death appears as a violent murder on an unexpecting pedestrian,…

the country was only eighteen years old. Was created from a rebellion against Great Britain. Jefferson couldn't figure out of a way that the U.S could govern a whole continent without rebellion because the distance was far too great. He also used Lewis and Clark to describe how majority Americans felt about slaves and Indians. Next I’ll talk about the language.…

young and down-to-earth Sinclair Lewis would become one of America’s most celebrated authors and outspoken liberal thinkers. Lewis didn’t discover this exact destiny until his 20s, but from his early teens, Lewis could tell that the prairie village of his birth would be far too limiting for his future. In 1902, he travelled east to attend Oberlin Academy (Oberlin College’s preparatory high school), but it was on the grounds of Yale University, however, where Lewis truly discovered his genius for…

828,000 square miles of land just west of the Mississippi river, this was called the Louisiana purchase. President Thomas Jefferson secretly arranged a expedition to explore the unchartered land. Lewis & Clark were chosen to be the calm, courageous captions of this intriguing expedition. Their task was to find men who could hunt, build forts, boats, and be able to handle horses. President Jefferson also wanted records of the trip, so he asked them…

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1952. It takes place in Salem, Massachusetts when a group of girls go dancing with a black girl named Tituba. The minister, Reverend Parris, caught the girls dancing around a fire. When they noticed they got caught, Parris’s daughter Betty, fell into a coma. The town’s people started saying the girls were committing witchcraft. But the girls insisted that they were just simply dancing. John Proctor had an affair in the past with one of the girls, Abigail, and…

His planning helped him to describe everything and anything thoroughly. Jefferson was very pleased with his notes because he had the most and the explanations helped everyone to understand the territory. Also, Clark's positive attitude helped to keep everyone's worries under control and keep everyone focused. This attitude remained because he was a soldier. Being a soldier taught him how to not only respect others, but earn respect. Clark helped our country better itself by leading everyone…

English proves to be a difficult language because numerous words have more than one meaning to them. Some of those include run, call, and even quail. The context of the story or sentence helps the audience figure out which meaning best fits that situation. A title such as The Crucible can give the reader an insight to what the play will be about. Miller gives The Crucible this title because of the parallelism with its meaning to what happens in the story. His title displays this from the…