Archive for March, 2007

Jem’s Journal

The morning started off normal, until I heard Scout yelling about how the world was ending. Atticus running to the window, still with shaving cream on his face, retold her that it was only snow.  I of course knew what it was, but Scout had no idea because she hadn’t seen snow.  About that time Eula May called to let us know we didn’t have school. I had a great idea since it was snowing.. to make a snowman.. but i didn’t really understand how to. Scout wanted to walk all over the snow, but she was just wasting it so i told her to watch her step. Scout not knowing anything about snow was yelling that it was hot..when really it was just cold. Miss Maudie wasnt using her snow, so I decided to run over into her yard and ask if we could have it for our snowman.  After not having enough snow, I added a bit of dirt and then just covered it with snow… then we made it look like Mr. Avery.  Miss Maudie seemed like she wasnt proud of our snowman but deep down I knew she was impressed.  We used wood for his mouth, eyes, and nose.  Atticus was also impressed.  Then instead of just making him into an ordinary snowman we went over to Miss Maudie’s and borrowed her hat and clippers.

Later that night, I was awaken by Atticus, we went outside to see that Miss. Maudie’s house had caught on fire. Scout was scared that Mr. Avery would get stuck, but he finally crawled out the window.  Her house completely fell apart, but some of her stuff was carried out. After the drama was over, I realized that Scout had a blanket on her. I had no idea where she got the blanket when Atticus asked us.  I started getting scared, so i just started telling Atticus everything with the tree, and the items we found.  I was curious about seeing Boo Radley, for he was the on that put it on her. But Atticus wouldnt let me.  I was curious about how Miss. Maudie’s house had caught on fire, but she said it was just the stove probably. Miss Maudie started acting weird towards Scout, and she asked me about it.. but i just told her that was Miss Maudie, being Miss Maudie.

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The Crucible Words

Assumptions- I picked this word because the entire movie was about people being judged on assumptions of dealing with witchcraft. The assumption that one was the servant of the devil, and that they were worshipping the devil and hurting these girls.

Lies- The girls lying and saying they knew these people that were accused of dealing with witchcraft corrupted the entire town into believing them.

Innocence- I chose innocence because all of the people that were judged and convicted of witchcraft were innocent. Not one of them had any dealings with witchcraft. Because of these girls lies their innocence was taken away from them and they were now judged as guilty.

Religion- If not everyone in this town had the same religion and beliefs that they shared, then this witchcraft would have gone unnoticed. However, because it was set in the older times, everyone believed in the same things, and that any change was going against god, and automatically dealt with the devil.

Love- The main girl, Abby, had  a love  affair with John. By doing this, it made him and his wife more vulnerable to her plan to sabotage the women of Salem. When she comes to him in the movie to take him away so that he wouldn’t have to deal with being executed, this shows the watcher that she really did love him, and knew she made a mistake by sacrificing people for her mistakes.

Lust- This also had a lot to do with Abby’s affair with John. Maybe instead of love it was only lust for John. He most definitely regretted it and the movie showed this by when he confessed about having an affair with Abby.

Gullible- The people of Salem were very gullible. They must have had a lot of trust for these girls if they believed something they could not prove or even see themselves. Witchcraft was a big sin in those days, but it still a little on the suspicious side how everyone did not even question the girls behavior.

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