In the court system today, we abide by the words “Innocent until proven guilty”, but in 1692, in Salem Massachusetts it was completely different, they did not believe in the quote “Innocent until proven guilty”. If you were accused, then you must be guilty, that’s how it was in 1692 in Salem. In the book The Crucible, John Proctor is admitting to committing adultery. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Miller uses John Proctor to show how someone can stand up for what he or she believes in, and how
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Personification is an example of figurative language that is most commonly interpreted by giving a non-human thing human characteristics. Personification is a main tool in many exiting novels, as it gives the reader a feeling of suspense, which drags the reader into the novel. There are many examples of personification in the novel “Wolf Brother” one of my favorite one is, “The only sounds were the trees whispering” (P.93). I chose this personification because it gives me a feeling of suspense, worry
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A person can become caught up in their lust. Whether it be fantasy or physical, one can get off-track. However, one can ponder further whether or not this truly illustrates a poor path. Can straying from the normal trail possibly lead to an even greater destination? The film American Beauty and the novel The Scarlet Letter both use the archetypal hero’s journey and supporting images of power to emphasize that finding individuality can lead to fulfillment and rebirth, desires we all share. As readers
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In “The Minister’s Black Veil”, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Reverend Hooper, the Black Veil, and the community to reveal that Reverend Hopper’s alienation was based off of the communities moral values by how they viewed a person. In the beginning of begin in story everyone in Hooper’s community thought very highly of him, but that all changed when their view of him began to get nasty as he began to wear the black veil over his face. Hooper was treated like a stranger by the community after the people
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Chris McCandless, Jon Krakauer, and Henry David Thoreau all believe in the central idea of Transcendentalism. After reading Into the Wild by Krakauer and some excerpts from Walden, we start to gather that Chris bases some of his actions and how he lives based on Thoreau’s ideas. Chris and Henry both embrace to not stay on a particular path, to embrace the idea of wanting more in life, and simplicity. Both men’s life choices are examples of Transcendentalism. One of the first examples of transcendentalism
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Puritanism because it shows what things were like during the Puritan times. The Scarlet Letter portrays the Puritan era as very strict and as a very hard time to live during. In this novel, Nathaniel Hawthorne demonstrates his dislike for Puritan times by writing about what he thought Puritans were like. Hawthorne shows how strict it was by writing about Hester’s punishments. During modern times, Hester probably wouldn’t have had any kind of punishments, but during Puritan times, the townspeople thought
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When I take the wheel of a BMW X6M and hit the gas pedal, I feel the power that the 8-‐cylinder engine gives me loosening its 550bhp. In this sense, power is what Angelina described: force x velocity. When I give a persuasive speech and engage my audience, I feel the energy that this
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The Indian Love for Gold -‐ Mayank Goel With a booming population of a country like India it is easy for an economist to postulate that the reason for persistent stagflation is the ever-‐growing labor force, which does not find employment due to a resource crunch –not to mention the demand
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The analysis of various themes of happiness started out on an individual level where we all identified what made each one of us happy. Following this, we discussed these themes of happiness in a group of two, and subsequently in a group of 9. At the end of the discussion, many themes turned
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