Introduction I had the opportunity to watch the film‚ Boyz N the Hood. While watching this film I was able to make connections to not only cultural problems which happen inside of the classroom‚ but problems that happen without. Throughout the entirety of this film the viewer is face to face with the decisions that make each character who they are and ultimately shape their future. What I noticed from an educational standpoint is that students need three things to be successful‚ the first being a
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The motivations of The Crucible : reputation‚ jealousy‚ and guilt take part in the story as well as in McCarthyism. In McCarthyism many people were targeted and jailed for being a communist. These accusations led to people losing their jobs and to move from the United States. In The Crucible people were hung for accusations of witchcraft. Reputation is the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something. In The Crucible Parris is worried about his reputation. Parris’s daughter
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Mass hysteria is the condition of a society in a state of fear. Most of the time‚ mass hysteria causes irrational behavior‚ such as the way the characters in The Crucible acted in their situation. Whenever there is a prediction of snow on the weather forecast‚ everyone always chaotically rushes to the grocery store to buy all the bread and lunch meat. This is an example of mass hysteria. Mass hysteria not only affected the characters in The Crucible‚ but also affects people in the real world today
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John Proctor clearly fits the definition of a tragic hero‚ for many reasons. A tragic hero is a man of high position and John proves to be a man in high position in page 20 in the second paragraph‚ which states “Proctor‚ respected and even feared in Salem‚”. That line proves that he is respected and feared by some of the people in Salem. A tragic hero also has a flaw that is revealed and Proctor’s flaw is that he is a sinner in the eyes of the people in Salem. I know that fact because in the crucible
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Another common belief coincides with the speech made by Reverend Hale towards the end of the play. Just before John is scheduled to be hung‚ Reverend Hale realizes the grave mistake he had made by believed the girls of Salem. He pleads with John’s wife‚ Elizabeth‚ to convince John to confess in order to save his life saying‚ “ Life‚ woman‚ is God’s most precious gift: no principle‚ however glorious‚ may justify the taking of it. I beg you… [convince] your husband to confess. Let him give him lie
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The protagonists goes by the name “The Dude”‚ and in the beginning the narrator describes him as “The laziest man in LA‚ which makes him a contender for the laziest man in the world.” He dresses like a slob‚ smokes pot‚ and is non confrontational and peaceful. This characterization of him gives us a good idea of who he really is‚ and we see he is reluctant to do any sort of work towards getting Bunny back throughout the film. All in all‚ we see him reluctant to do any work that doesn’t involve bowling
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Fear and Hysteria destroy Good Judgment because when a part of yourself feels fear or paranoia (Hysteria)‚ your judgement goes away and you do anything you can to do away with that uncomfortable feeling. In the Crucible‚ the three girls Abigail‚ Mary‚ and Susanna are filled with fear and hysteria of getting into trouble and being spanked so they turn to the most drastic judgment they have and start accusing people of witchcraft to prevent their own punishment and put that uneasy feeling of uncomfortability
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The Crucible is a good portrayal of the events that happened. The vulgar acts of the townspeople to these ladies is profusely obscene. This would not happen today‚ people may get immensely worked up over things but they would never kill people like that. In today’s society we still have radicals‚ but law enforcement would never let this happen. The peril of what happened back then is an abomination; it is a blemish on our country. The acts of the people were incoherent to the law and everyone who
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In some depictions of the British warrior‚ known as King Arthur‚ he was a brilliant military strategist. One piece of evidence that points to this is the Saxon invasion of Britain during the 5th to 6th century‚ as the British forces were led by an unnamed military mind (“King Arthur”). This evidence gives a historical invasion that led to one depiction of an Arthur. The next piece of evidence is that Britain prevailed in the Saxon invasion under the leadership of a warrior that excelled in military
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Research Paper 1 – The Legend of Arthur (question 10) The legend of Arthur and his knights has caught the minds of people for the last 1500 years. The mythical monarch defended the British from Saxon invaders between the 5th and 6th centuries‚ and he is important in a level that even our generation thinks of him as a legend all around the world. King Arthur‚ Guinevere‚ and Sir Lancelot make a gallant image of knights in shining armor in a world of honor and romance and‚ combines with the need
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