Ryan Conrad Socratic Circle – Life of Pi Literature Mrs. Crow Question 1: What theme statement would you write for Life of Pi? (Remember‚ a theme statement is NOT a topic or a question or a moral. It is a declarative statement that joins the topic with your judgment.) Defend/explain your statement with evidence from the text. Answer 1: Throughout the book‚ religion was a major part of Pi’s survival. The author uses a character that follows three religions in order to prove that all religions
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Mac Morton 12 April 2013 English 12 Essay Question Although Miller’s The Crucible takes place in the late 1600’s‚ its lessons are still applicable to us in 2013. This short essay focuses on three specific lessons that I have learned from the play‚ which are the negative effects of mass hysteria‚ the consequences of deviating from social norms‚ and the dominance of patriarchy. The first lesson that I learned was that mass hysteria often creates harmful stereotypes. In the play‚ mass hysteria
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Columbia International College Tuesday April 8th‚ 2013 In the contemporary world‚ it might be common for men to have affairs with other women‚ but in the 1690s‚ America‚ it was unforgivable for men to do it and they would be punished. In The Crucible‚ John Proctor has an affair with Abigail‚ which is condemned in that society‚ so it is reasonable for John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth to marginalize Abigail to safeguard their reputation and family. For one thing‚ Mr. Proctor and Elizabeth need
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Written Assignment Intercultural Sensitization Seminar During this seminar‚ I had learned the culture of different countries‚ which have some similarities and also differences. When we discuss about it deeper‚ it surprised me more because I didn’t know about it before‚ especially about the German culture. For instance‚ the German always shake hand firmly‚ compared to others‚ especially Asian people. The reason is that it shows their personality‚ how strong and serious they are and also how much
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Desire In “The Crucible” by Author Miller‚ several characters feel the seduction of power leading to absorbing it and taking over all that needed to be free. Through out the entire story‚ Abligail becomes insanely infatuated with stringing along power that she once had‚ continuous affairs with John Proctor so she can be see as someone much more superior then all other villagers in the village. Abigails uncle‚ an old merchant in Barbandos who was very successful‚ also has a desire to control the
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Kathia Nunez Mrs. Burns Eng. 11 1 Jan. 2012 Appearance vs. Reality Appearance vs. Reality is a prominent theme in The Crucible as some people are carried and blinded by appearance while others actually look at the facts‚ John Proctor and Elizabeth are not carried away by lies while Abigail and the rest of her friends are ignorant and spread lies. The town of Salem‚ Massachusetts went through a yearlong period of witch trials. A group of girls led by Abigail the reverend’s niece manipulated
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Honor 11 2/20/13 Changing over time The most important parts of any story or play are the characters. Characters behave differently depending on the circumstances or changes in the environment. In "The Crucible"‚ the hero John Proctor shows dramatic change for the good. Arthur Miller shows this by Proctor’s intense dialogues and Miller’s stage direction. Miller reveals the growth of Proctor from a man who is arrogant and conceited to a man who is determined and stands up for what he believes in
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Brenda Mburu Mr. Martin English III 27 February 2013 From Powerless to Powerful In the crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ the Salem Witch Trial of 1692 was a open trial where anyone can come and make accusations. The accusers gained an abundant of power over the court and over the accused. Since the girls‚ Abigail Williams‚ Betty Parris‚ Mary Warren‚ and Mercy Lewis started the accusations they went from having no power to being the most powerful characters. The witch trials empower individuals
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In 1692 nineteen men and women and two dogs were convicted and hanged for witchcraft in a small village in eastern Massachusetts. By the standards of our own time‚ if not of that‚ it was a minor event‚ a spasm of judicial violence that was concluded within a matter of months. The bodies were buried in shallow graves or not at all‚ as a further indication that the convicted had not only forfeited participation in the community of man in this life‚ but in the community of saints in the next. Just how
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Socratic Dialogue - Capital Punishment In May 1990 Jesse Tafero was convicted for the murders of two florida highway patrol officers and was executed by electric chair. This conviction was overturned in 1992 after a recreation of the crime scene revealed another person had committed the murders. In 1974 James Bain was convicted of breaking and entering‚ rape‚ and kidnapping and was sentenced to life in prison. This conviction was overturned in 2009 after he was found innocent through DNA evidence
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