Salem

golden braids sway. Holding the hair out of my eyes, I looked up. Through gaps in the green branches above my head, I could just barely see the blue sky. It was a hot summer afternoon, and there I was, in the forest. There was a great forest near Salem Village, the town I lived in. The forest, which was bountiful year-round, was very useful for the villagers. A prime example of how useful it was to the civilians in our humble little town was my father's livelihood. My father was a hunter…

“Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a short story that takes place in the 1690s, immediately before the infamous Salem witch trials. The story is a detailed account of the protagonist Goodman Brown’s journey through the forest, in which he experiences evil and sin of those he admired in his town of Salem. The main character experiences internal conflicts in respect to his attitude and religion. In analyzing Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown,” the vital themes, character…

Salem Hospital is a currently recognized magnet organization located in Salem, Oregon. As a high school student, I had the opportunity to volunteer at the hospital and saw firsthand how this organization demonstrates the excellence exemplified by magnet status. Firstly, Salem Hospital shows excellence in their quality of care. The hospital is nationally recognized for their quality care by U.S. News & World Report and was voted as one of the highest-performing cardiovascular hospitals in 2014…

Brown and Faith’s farewell conversation. Even though Goodman Brown is smitten by his heart before parting into the woods, he proceeds to, “haste on his present evil purpose.” Regardless of premonitions and dreams warning of the evil that lures around Salem, Goodman Brown can’t escape the fatal attraction of the devil. Hawthorne insinuates that Goodman Brown and Faith have prior knowledge of the events that are to happen on Goodman Brown’s journey. Faith, sadden by the departure of Goodman…

Goodman Brown,” explains the various images found in the short story. The two articles helps clarifies Hawthorne’s criticisms over symbols in the story such as the Salem Village, Faith’s pink bonnet, the fellow traveler, the staff, the forest, and using of the term “faith”. I found it interesting that the author made the setting in Salem village which will be the center of the witchcraft…

The time in which the story takes place is during the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem witch trials were a time of when people’s judgment of good and evil were really put on trial. The emphasis on good and evil during the time of the trials intensifies the story when Goodman Brown was struggling with the concept of embracing…

experiment intend to prove Salem Lakes ability to buffer chemicals used in the water treatment process versus that of the Yadkin River. Using a jar test machine, simulated the addition of an acid in the form of Al2SO4, and a base NaOH to the coagulation process. Salem Lake does show a preferred buffering at higher acid doses, though Yadkin River is more efficient at the low to mid-range dose. INTRODUCTION There is a distinct difference in the buffering capacity of Salem Lake versus Yadkin…

What is the public relations issue (opportunity or problem) that the case is based upon? The main opportunity available in this case is to extend the tourism of Salem beyond the Halloween month of October to make it a yearly attractive destination to increase sales and revenue. The problem at hand is that Salem is just historically known for the city of witchcraft and they want this perception in people to change. What background(secondary) research was conducted in the case (if any)? What…

Heidi Blair The book I chose was The Salem Witch Trials. The book is by Earl Rice Jr. The publisher of the book is Lucent Books, in San Diego, CA. This book is about Pre-Salem and the horrid trials, better known as the Salem witch trials that happened there. Firstly, the author of the book was very successful of teaching me what happened during these times and debunked the rumors I have always been taught about the trials. The writing to me was very power because, the author used the facts to…

My last two years of high school, I joined the Multi-Cultural Leadership Club, I was rather reluctant to be honest but I grew to love it. My first year in the club we started off with raising money to go to the Cesar Chavez Leadership Conference, (CCLC), at Western Oregon University. The CCLC is a conference where schools all over the state come to encourage kids to continue their education. To raise money we did car washes, sold clam chowder, and sold raffle tickets where we raffled off donated…