The Great Day

My mother, silent. My brother, silent. We all made glances at each other while controlled by it. I was to ship away in 7 days. It was Christmas, 1944. Possibly the last time I was to ever see my family. I didn’t want to leave my family. Growing up with them on a farm, my small, silent family, they were some of the only people I truly knew. The same faces I saw every day at my school were not the people I truly bonded with. It was my brother, my father, and my mother. I could almost hear…

Vietnamese/Chinese New Year! The diversity of our country is surreal. No matter where each culture came from, they were able to bring their home to their new home – the United States. I was completely enamored with the Vietnamese/Chinese New Year celebration at the St. Andrew Dung Lac Catholic church’s event center, which also doubled as a Catholic bible school on Saturdays. The colors, the people, the food, music, and everything gave broaden my perspectives and experiences of other cultures. It…

While her grandpa was lying in the hospital bed he told C that he believed that she could be a great doctor some day and that he believed in her. From then on she couldn’t shake the idea of becoming a doctor. And so to fulfill her dream, and to make her grandpa proud, she has become a driven and motivated student. C graduated high school with honors and is…

“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” This quote from James Madison embodies “The Crucible” as a whole, because it basically says that if too much power exists within a society, not one person is safe if they are accused of wrongdoing. The Puritans live in a theocratic society which allows the church to possess immense power over the inhabitants of Salem, because they all live by…

The first thing I looked forward to by the end of my first week was to sleep all weekend long, however I have already gotten so use to my work schedule that even on the weekends I woke up early. In Chapter 3, of our reading text discussed is, personal growth and how an internship experience offers you a tremendous opportunity to grow and develop as a person. I came out here two weeks before school started because the job asked me how soon could I start, and I wanted to make sure it was right…

From June 27 to the present, I have been volunteering as a Student Ambassador at Pennsylvania hospital. I work throughout the hospital in various departments, depending on the day of the week. My supervisor is Ms. Barb, who assigns us into different departments and makes sure that we sign in and out for the day. Pennsylvania Hospital was founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond. Pennsylvania Hospital is known to have been the first hospital in the American colonies and is…

Analysis of A day in my Life in College Personal Sociological Perspective College life comes with some different challenges as opposed to high college life especially based on the daily schedules in one way or the other. You 've most likely as of now pondered what college will resemble. Will it resemble home? Will it resemble your secondary college experience? Will you have the capacity to handle it? Will it be fun and energizing? Will it be terrifying and nerve wracking? Indeed, ideally a look…

It all started in a small Town called Salem, Massachusetts where many were accused of practicing witchcraft in 1692 which lead to Arthur Miller’s writing of The Crucible. It is simply about a group of girls who begin to accuse several different people of witchcraft in which they are also able to convince the leaders of the community that the Devil is present in Salem. This leads to the killing of nineteen innocent people and one dog. This is very similar to the persecution of communist in the…

things, from a relationship to a good reputation. Secondly, in order to achieve what one desires, they must deceive others. Finally, despite the effort characters put into attempting to achieve their goal, it often ends in failure . When one has a great desire for something, one may deceive others to fulfill their objective, although this often results in failure. Characters have…

Proctor what will happen if she is taken to court with him. She explains that Abby will turn on, not only her, but also on Proctor; "Abby'll charge lechery on you, Mr. Proctor!"(1310). Proctor, excepting his fate, takes Marry to confess but after great sabotage from Abby, she is unable to do it. In fear, Marry cries out that Proctor is involved in witchcraft too. In earlier parts of The Crucible the same type of thing occurred. When Trtuba is accused of witchcraft she doesn't really have…