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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho starts with a young shepherd travelling with his sheep, following his Personal Legend. Santiago is a boy with many ambitions, and he isn’t satisfied until he accomplishes his dream. In Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha is a bright young boy searching for his own Enlightenment by creating his own path to happiness. There are a number of similarities between Siddhartha and Santiago and their personal journeys. The most significant similarity is their will to…

What do the Holocaust and the Salem Witch Trails have in common?.The Holocaust and the Salem Witch Trials have several things in common, even though the two took place in different time frames . In the Holocaust and Salem Witch Trials they both compared how the women and the Jews were pushed out of society, how they were seen in the community and the effect they both had on our world's history. The Witch Trials began in the spring of 1962 after a group of girls claimed to be processed by the…

The accusations and executions of witches had been infrequent throughout English America. It was not until 1692 when citizens of Salem, Massachusetts decided to start prosecuting and hanging their neighbors as witches. These prosecutions and the deaths that came with them are known as the Salem Witch Trials. There are many reasons, two major ones being religion and politics , why the trials started in the first place. At the time a strict, religious group known as the puritans were in control of…

What I think it means to have a belief is to have a conscience feeling pulling you towards a specific devotion. The conscious agent, whether it is good or evil, is a force that an individual feels inclined to answer too. In regards to this specific case it is crucial to think historically because the act of blasphemy was so shunned in the 16th century. Whereas presently people are more free in their thoughts and religious beliefs. The believer should be allowed to follow an instinct or…

Huntington’s disease is a genetic disease that effects the brain. It has been known to cause involuntary movements. Huntington’s is a fairly uncommon disease; even though it is a dominant trait. Huntington’s disease affects three out of every seven people worldwide. The disease is one of the many genetic diseases that does not have a cure. People who live with Huntington’s disease lose some of the abilities that other people have, such as driving, swallowing, and writing. Huntington’s disease…

The Puritans This thesis is going to talk about The Puritans and their kind of society to the new world, and their religion. Puritans are a complex religious group who are defined by their beliefs, and their hope to establish a society in the new world. They are known to be a religious minority group who believed that the Church of England needed to be purified of the influence of Catholicism. During the early 1600s, their religious faith was made in England. The Puritans believed that the…

The trials all began in the January 1692. The niece of Reverend Samuel Parris became sick. The doctor of the town, William Briggs, was called to help better the girls health. He diagnosed the ill girl with witchcraft, which sent the entire witchcraft into motion. The town of Salem was under distress during the time and many were taking notice of devilish action due to the fact of a smallpox outbreak. Many blamed this on the devil. They were also uptight because they were in a rivalry with a…

The salem witch trials were a line of hearings and prosecutions of people charged with witchcraft in Massachusetts between february 1692 and may 1693. These witch trials resulted in many innocent women accused and be set on trial and latter be hung. Many women have died from this act. This was a very important act when it was going on in 1692 because everyone believed in this act. Bridget Bishop was the first person to be found guilty for the practice of witchcraft and was found guilty and was…

My mother is not an exceptionally beautiful woman. She would not be remembered as a modern-day Helen of Troy, whose face launched a thousand ships, or a sumptuous vixen like Marilyn Monroe. She is a woman who seamlessly blends into a crowd, with a face people could confuse with another; maybe a friend's mom, a distant relative or the owner of a bakery down the street. She has the face of a million women and none of them are exceptionally special; none of them exceptionally beautiful. My mother…

Hex~ A hex is a form of positive protective magic that can positively manipulate or change the actions of myself, another person or their actions to help and benefit that person and to protect them from doing harm to themselves or others. The term originally came from Norway and Switzerland from German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Dutch settled in Pennsylvania in the late 1700s to 1800s. The term came from their Old High German word for “Witch” or “hexe ”. These…