Rumors

The town of Salem was a tightly knit and watchful group of puritan citizens. Puritans came over and inhabited the state of Massachusetts and the city of Salem, to escape from religious persecution in England. Irony makes its way into Salem when witchcraft becomes punishable by death. The Crucible by Arthur Miller depicts salem during the peak of the witch hunts and trials. The town of Salem, in the beginning is shown as a town that is almost ready to turn on eachother. Everyone knows…

The boiling point How has life changed from year to year? Life changes every year, as a matter of fact, but what about the past sixty-four years? A lot can change in such a long time, at least you would think. Of course styles change, relationships change, So much changes! So much changes that you would think the way we act would change. The way we present ourselves would be more civil like. But how different do we really act compared to 1952, when The Crucible was written? Arthur Miller once…

They are in this awkward age of being treated like children and adults at the same time. To go into this project from the point of view of an adult is an interesting concept. While in high school, you think your world is ending over a breakup or a rumor; as adults, we dismiss these issues as silly teenage problems. For an adult to put him or herself and witness these situations, they gain an interesting point of…

Pit Bulls Should Not Be Banned Pit bulls are often called violent dogs. They are stigmatized as the breed often known as fighting dogs. These dogs are singled out to be restrained or banned and are put to death just for their breed. In Lafayette, Louisiana, two men were arrested for dog fighting and fifty-seven pit bulls were confiscated. Some of the confiscated dogs had scars from fighting, and just because of the breed’s reputation, all of the dogs were considered dangerous. The Louisiana…

more connected to the world. From believing that Boo is a scary squirrel eating monster that never leaves his house, to realizing that he and a good hearted man who cares deeply about her and her brother, Scout’s mind changes from being filled with rumors and petty comments, to facts and love for this man who saved her life. Initially, both Jem and Scout were under the impression that Boo Radley was the equivalent of a wild animal. Both kids grew up hearing bad things about Boo, ranging from…

The definition of a hero is “ A person who is usually admired or idealized for either courage, noble qualities, or outstanding achievement…(Meyers 1497 )”. However, heros aren't necessarily always defined by their achievements, but however defined by how they are able to handle trials and situations. Such is the case of the tragic hero Othello, from the Shakespearean play of Othello. In the tragedy of Othello, Othello is betrayed and manipulated by his friend Lago causing him to undergo many…

Benet’s Argument, Argumentative Essay When Stephen Vincent Benet said “We have no reason to hold Salem up to the obloquy.” He means to say we have not come far from Salem and need to improve. Michael Donald, an African American male, beaten, killed, and then hung from a tree in 1981. That was only 37 years ago, and to know that people were still being hung for the color of their skin, Benet’s argument is not too far from the truth. He begins in his argumentative statement to show how humans…

to cause harm, repetition, and an imbalance of power” (Mansbacher P.24). Bullying can be portrayed in many different forms such as physical harm, name-calling, character assassinations, isolating victims from their peers, threats, spreading of rumors, taunting, use of technology to harass, embarrass or ridicule, continued exclusion from a group, and teasing (Mansbacher P.24). According to the 2008-2009 School Crime Supplement, they report that during the school year…

I thought that some of them were good workers and did not deserve to get fired but it was just a possibility. When the rumors spread around my old job, people started worrying, if it was them. I had to weigh out, whether I should tell the few people that I thought were good workers that they were on the list. If I had told them they were on the list, they would have asked…

Morals Do people learn life lessons from even the smallest situations? Big or small, there are moral lessons learned in almost everything you execute in life. A moral lesson is teaching or exhibiting goodness or correctness of character and behavior. Think of life lessons you yourself have learned, that you feel changed your point of view on an idea. ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, written by Harper Lee, takes place in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930s during the Great Depression. The narrator is the…