of their similarity to the Salem witch trials. The McCarthy hearings are trials in which Senator Joe McCarthy accuses government employees of being Communists. He exaggerates and exploits the evidence and ruins many reputations just as the girls do in the Salem witch trials. The accused‚ in both cases‚ are used as scapegoats for society’s problems and the only way to escape direct punishment is to admit to guilt. Joseph McCarthy and the girls from Salem begin to accuse people of being
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My cultural event is The Color Purple. Not only did I see the show but I was involved in the production. I was assigned to be a crew member‚ which allowed me to view the show from back stage. As an African American I felt as though this play was a great example of some of our cultural background. From the script to the scenery‚ this show dealt with many dynamics of African American’s (Black people) around the early 1900’s. The play also explores how life was in Africa during this time period.
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in College Writing 19 September 2011 Volunteering in Costa Rica A significant event in my life‚ that has recently passed‚ was when I traveled to Costa Rica. At the end of my junior year of high school‚ I decided that I wanted to graduate a half year early and travel to do a volunteer project. After my early graduation I traveled with a volunteer group out of Europe to Costa Rica for two months. This event has taught me many knew things and has influenced me to look into more volunteer projects
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A sport event I have attended I like speaking about this topic‚ because I am a huge tennis fan. My most memorable match was in the last year‚ the Roland Garros final. I got the ticket‚ and the trip to Paris for my 18th birthday‚ from my niece who came with me because he likes tennis too. When I got the ticket I didn’t know who would play in the final‚ but I was very lucky‚ because my favourite player Maria Sharapova reached the final and she had the chance to win the French Open and to secure a
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was a reality for hundreds of New England settlers. The causes of the famous outbreak of witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts are rooted in social‚ economic‚ and political aspects of the late 17th century Salem community. Early New Englanders were unable to accept the increase in diversity and the break in tradition that occurred between generations. This‚ in addition to various unappealing events which occurred throughout the late 1600s‚ created tensions within the New England community. Such tensions
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A Memorable Event in My Life My father died at the young age of 48. He was my pillar‚ my hope and he was the one that helped me not be scared of the future. I was ten years old when my dad died and I felt like I had lost everything. I became unhappy‚ unwilling to talk ‚ and most of all almost suicidal. His death was a memorable event that I cant forget: before going to the hospital ‚ while being in the hospital and after the catastrophe. He had a sudden heart attack. He’d been having chest
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The Cobra Event Richard Preston The book I read “The Cobra Event” is a very detailed and really gruesome book. The book starts off in the late 1990’s in New York. A girl by the name of Kate Moran‚ who is well later to be known as the first victim from a mysterious virus‚ lived her life as a usual laid back teenager. Well one day at school‚ out of no where‚ Richard Preston‚ which is the author‚ goes into great detail of Kate’s spontaneous reaction toward the virus that she had gotten that
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Brace Yourself The stories and endless television series of traumatic emergency room visits can’t compare to the actual thing‚ especially when the story is through the eyes of an eleven year old. The event still lurks in my mind. It all happened so fast‚ yet it still replays slowly in my head today. I have been quite the daredevil since a young age‚ starting out on a bicycle without training wheels at the age of two. I have loved biking my whole life and have never had a fear of anything that
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Tyler Brady 4/9/2013 My life events 2000 1 Mar 17th: The 800+ deaths of members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God is considered to be a mass murder and suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. 2 Mar 20th: Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin‚ a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown‚ is captured after a gun battle that leaves a Georgia sheriff’s deputy dead. 3. Jun 29th: Eminem’s mother goes to court claiming defamation of character in a $10
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Sarah Phillips Ms. Moriconi AP English Language and Composition June 10‚ 2014 The Parallel Journeys of Families The infamous playwright‚ William Shakespeare’s‚ King Lear relays the story of a tragic hero and his family while paralleling it to the sub-plot within the tragedy. The story of these two reflecting groups of characters displays the obliteration of once potent characters’ power‚ and the inversion of social order. King Lear‚ the father of Goneril‚ Regan and Cordelia experiences a digressing
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