involved in education. Furthermore‚ it claims that poor analogies are created from making comparisons with complex issues. This is definitely the case when comparing the witch hunts and McCarthyism‚ as they both consist of multiple aspects (Pippenger). This shows that the analogy was used as an attack against McCarthyism and the Republicans‚ but after a while it stuck as what we know of the
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period had a lot of influence on the reasoning behind Miller writing this play. The Crucible was a play on the hysteria that was produced when the U.S. government sought to suppress Communism and radical leftism activity in America (Thirteen). McCarthyism and personal experiences during that time are two of the most important factors on why Arthur Miller wrote this play set in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. The personal connections that Miller had made while writing The Crucible shined through his
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The Crucible is a book written by Arthur Miller in the 1950’s. The book describes events of paranoia in the form of witchcraft‚ and trial. This book was written during the McCarthy Era‚ which‚ as defined by http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mccarthyism?s=t‚ was the government‚ amongst others‚ making unsupported claims of people being communist. The Crucible was based on the witch trials of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries‚ in which central european countries would trial‚ torture‚ and kill
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United States even after the charges had settled. One the first impacts of McCarthyism was the win of Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election. The McCarthy campaign‚ which has accused many democrats including Harry S. Truman of taking a liberal stance on communism‚ hurt many democrats in the election. The infringement of civil right on the American People was yet another impact of McCarthyism. By 1952‚ 32 states had laws requiring teachers to take oaths of loyalty and
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Contrastingly‚ in Good Night‚ and Good Luck‚ the newcasters at CBS preferred to shadow their audience from the truth by only airing shows for entertainment purposes or touching on lighter subjects in their broadcasts. This was done during the time of McCarthyism since no one had ever been brave enough to oppose his actions concerning alleged communists. It’s never been common for a news channel to be open with their stance on a situation as big as this was. It’s frowned upon for them to show bias; they
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The Real Meaning of The Crucible In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller comments on the absurdity of historical events or organizations such as the HUAC‚ McCarthyism‚ and the Red Scare by the accusations and reactions of the characters in the book. The HUAC (House Committee on Un-American Activities) was a committee started in 1934 to keep an eye on behavior that they thought to be subversive. The committee was created to keep and eye on all types of subversive behavior‚ but had a tendency to focus on
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“The crucible”‚ analyze obliquely the relation between The Salem witch hunt with The McCarthyism. Miller supports his analogy by emphasizing the characteristics that relate the witch hunt with the McCarthyism. The author’s purpose is to express his philosophical assumptions about the misjudgment‚ chaos and hysteria‚ that is reappearing throw the history in different faces and political assumptions of the McCarthyism in order to arouse people from their blind obstinacy for what was really happening
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with its erstwhile rival - the National Basketball League. The BAA had been around for three years previously‚ while the NBL was founded way back in 1937. When these two rivals merged in 1949‚ they had 17 franchises throughout the United States. By 1954‚ these franchises had been consolidated until it reached an all-time minimum of 8 franchises. Incidentally‚ all of these 8 franchises - the Celtics‚ Hawks‚ Kings/Royals‚ Knicks‚ Lakers‚ Nationals/76ers and Pistons - that played in the 1953-54 league
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Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on April 14‚ 1947‚ in a unanimous 7–0 decision.” (McCormick‚ J. and Ayala‚ C.‚ 2007). This was a tremendous decision that had great impact towards creating integration for Mexicans as well as Indians‚ and Asians in schools. Shortly after the victory‚ the legislation passed the Assembly Bill of 1375 in California which eliminates segregation of these races. The bill was signed into law on June 14‚ 1947. Other states such as Arizona then followed‚ and it led
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big ramification throughout the world resulting in a cold war between two nations and has also led to the introduction of nuclear weapons along with the mid-range missiles in the arsenals of both countries. After the end of British Raj in August 1947 the Indian subcontinent was to be partitioned on the ground that the majority of Muslim areas were to be separated by an independent state called Pakistan‚ which separates the entire territory from the Hindu Majority areas. Thus‚ the two independent
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