and better judgment suggest; there is hope in a seemingly hopeless world. The boy’s compassion represents the last piece of hope in this novel. The father says in the beginning of the book‚ "If he is not the Word of God‚ then God never spoke” (McCarthy‚ 5). It remains unclear whether the boy gets his compassion from his father’s persistence to survive or despite this persistence. At first it seems as if the man lacks compassion‚ but his optimism about the boy’s future grows despite the fact that
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Holmes invited Dr Watson to accompany him to Ross-on Wye to solve a murder case. Charles McCarthy was the victim; his son‚ James was the main suspect. The McCarthys lived on John Turner’s estate. Patience Moran was the witness. Moran & a policeman found Charles McCarthy dead and James’ gun at the scene‚ Boscombe Pool. James was arrested. Alice Turner was sure he was innocent‚ So‚ she invited Holmes to solve the mystery. James admitted he went to B.P to shoot rabbits. He met his father and
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Thoughts‚ words‚ ideas‚ and attitudes can be as much a weapon as a gun or knife. Throughout time‚ people have been hurting each other with their explosive thoughts‚ painful words‚ and poisonous ideas. They accuse each other of things they did not do and call each other things they are not. In the tale “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling this is shown. One character says “The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout.” Once again‚ this can be
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witch trials‚ his purpose was to describe the McCarthy trials which teaches many ideas about human life both generally and regarding politics. The two time periods were more than two and a half centuries apart‚ yet they had many factors that overlapped. Miller explains the McCarthy trials through The Crucible by teaching people’s fears‚ faults‚ and politics‚ making the text both a metaphor to the trials and an allegory. Both The Crucible and the McCarthy trials have many parallels. In both instances
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rely on the author to give them correct information. The article “What Two Pediatricians Say NOT to worry about” written by Dr. Swanson and Dr. McCarthy is not a credible‚ reliable or valid source that has fallacies. Credibility of article Credibility is defined by the dictionary as the quality of being believed or trusted. Dr. Swanson and Dr. McCarthy are two pediatricians who are friends. The article is not a credible source‚ because the pediatricians are an interested party. They have listed
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used in the Cold War by U.S. Senator McCarthy to try and eliminate communists in the United States. It was used with little evidence‚ and it was in itself a witch hunt like those described in “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller. Arthur Miller was inspired directly by McCarthyism when he was writing The Crucible. The many claims of witchcraft made by characters in The Crucible--lacking sufficient evidence--share great similarities with the “witch hunts” of the McCarthy Era. The first great example of McCarthyism
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those persecuted. The leader of this modern day witch-hunt was Senator Joseph R. McCarthy‚ who was a dishonest and corrupt man. "Although a junior senator‚ he refused to follow Senate rules and customs‚ specialized in malicious attacks on his colleagues‚ and frequently thwarted committee work by trying to inject trivial and extraneous matters into committee discussions‚" Oakley says‚ describing McCarthy’s ethics. McCarthy worked his way up the political ladder not by honestly winning but with deceit
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Salem Witch Trials of 1692‚ and countless ruined reputations on account of Joe McCarthy. Hysteria does not just appear out of nowhere though. There are driving forces such as revenge and abuse of power that bring about the irrational fear that can take over society. These are the issues expressed in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The Crucible is paralleled directly to the Salem Witch Trials and indirectly to the McCarthy hearings of the 1950’s. The story of The Crucible takes place against the background
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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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of the olden days‚ “ I never had to kill nobody and I am very glad of that fact. Some of the old time sheriffs wouldn’t even carry a firearm” (McCarthy‚ 63). Sheriff bell still holds on to the traditions of the olden days‚ and believe in the preconceived notion that his old ways would work in the new case‚ which would lead him to dangerous terrain. McCarthy warns that preconceived notions and steadfast belief in past ideas can lead to ignorance in a new time. By sticking to old belief and not changing
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