The Crucible

Put your mind in a town in the year 1600’s, where so called “witchcraft” exists. Your town is getting destroyed by the rumors of witchcraft . Someone just blamed you of doing witch stuff, but you are innocent. If you do not confess to the witchcraft, you will be hanged or maybe be torched. Even though you know witches do not exist. Also that you don’t believe in “witch hunt”. In the “The Crucible,” the town of Salem, Massachusetts was destroyed by the beliefs of witch craft. In the beginning of the crucible was girls were caught dancing in the woods. They started to make up stuff like a illness. Abigail Williams got involved in all this. She accused most of the town of being involved with witchcraft. Then, others join in, and they only join because they wanted to see the people they hate get killed. In the end of the story, John Proctor is accused, and he had a choice between Lying to save his life, or diying for what he believes in. He ultimately chooses to die for what he believes.
John Proctor is first being introduced in the play, “He need not have been of any partisan of any faction in the town, but there is evidence to suggest that he had a sharp and biting way with hypocrites. He was the kind of man-powerful of body, even tempered, and not easily led-who cannot refuse support to partisans without drawing their deepest resentment. Miller suggests that John Proctor is a leader, and someone whom thinks for themselves. When speaking to Reverend Hale on the subject of the witchcraft accusations, Proctor argues, “If she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God’s fingers? I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem-Vengeance is walking Salem. He realizes that the girls are only accusing out of spite, they accuse people with whom their parents have told them to, or people who they do not like themselves. When he states that he will not give his wife to vengeance, he is showing disobedience of law based on his moral respect for justice. Here, I can totally agree with Proctor, I know that if I were in his situation, I would not allow my wife to be taken away and possibly killed, just because some young lady in the town is attracted to me. It simply would not be morally right to me.
As the story continues, John Proctor finds himself to have been betrayed by Marry Warren, as she decides to lie and “confess” to being a witch, in order to save her own life. In the process of doing this, she ironically condemns John Proctor to death. Proctor, who has become very emotional at this point, exclaims, “I say- I say God is dead” (226)! This is a very powerful statement, in which I strongly agree with. John is very just in saying this. Of course, Proctor is not meaning this to be taken literally, because God is not actually dead, he is simply stating that the town has gone crazy with all, the wild accusations, everyone has lost her or his sense of mental clarity and moral judgment. Proctor is showing that his conscience is guided by self-chosen principles and beliefs. He is speaking his mind, and trying to talk some sense into the people of Salem. Unfortunately, his attempt are futile, but as he continues to speak, he exclaims to everyone that, “You are pulling down heaven and raising a whore” (227). When he says this, he is basically saying that the town has chosen to put their faith in, and believe the words that come from the mouth of a whore. Abigail is not a noble, respectable, trustworthy, or moral person, and this is what Proctor refers to here. At this point, when the town allows a person like Abigail to almost have complete control over who lives or dies, this statement is especially true. John Proctor was very correct and justified to say this, I concur with his statement one hundred percent. The town is loosing touch with reality and it is morals, as it has dive-bombed head first into a decent of false accusations, and unjust murders.
Soon after this incident, John Proctor finds himself arrested, and facing death, that is, unless he confesses to being a witch. Eventually, on the final day of his life, just before he is set to be hanged, John is confronted by his wife Elizabeth, who asks him to consider lying to save his life. Reverend Hale, joins Elizabeth in her pleads and suggests that John simply tell them the lie they want to hear. Eventually, he gives in, but soon regrets his decision as Judge Danfoth wishes to place a paper Proctor has signed on the church doors. John, close to tears at this point hysterically says, “No, No. I have signed it. You have seen me. It’s done! You have no need for this” He is expressing his anger and sadness with the situation here. He has already lied, and sold his soul to the devil so to speak, to save his life, while two of his close friends are set to die in minutes. He is distraught over the fact that he is taking the easy way out, while his friends have chosen to stick with their beliefs. He begins to have second thoughts. Here, is where I would have chosen a different course of actions. I would lie to save my life, because to me, my life is more important to me than my name. Also, it is my belief that all of the witch-hunts were extremely childish and based on ignorance, and as a result, I would not want to die for a meaningless cause such as this one. As more time passes, John continues to plead for his life, and his name, “I have confessed myself! Is there no good penitence but it to be public? God does not need my name nailed upon the church! God sees my name; God knows how black my sins are! It is enough. He believes that in signing the paper, he has done enough, and he sees no reason for the paper to have to be placed in public, where everyone can see it. Proctor is also saying that his confession is for God’s eyes only, and that God is aware of all his sins already, that is all that matters. Soon after this, John decides that he would rather die for what he believes in, rather than live a lie. I agree with John Proctor with his statement, but not to the point where I would put my life at stake. It just is not worth it to me, dying to save my name. Although it may be true that some people would possibly have looked down upon John Proctor, that fact is irrelevant, because the truth of the matter is that he only told a lie, in order to save his life. There is no point in dieing for something as pointless as a name.
Even though John Proctor and myself are at the same stage in moral development, the fact remains that I would not have acted in the same ways as he did in the play. In “The Crucible,” which is set in Salem, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials, people were forced to evaluate, and re-evaluate their morals, as their once peaceful town was ravaged by horrendous accusations of witchcraft. Characters in the play found themselves accused of being witches, with no real evidence brought up against them. Apparently, in those days, the people of Salem had little or no values, or were at a very low stage in moral development. There was a believed that individuals go through certain stages in their approach to moral reasoning. His stages of mental development are excellent when used to analyze why a people act in the ways that they do. This is especially true when the fact is brought up that Kohlberg studied people in many different countries of the world in order to provide enough research to come to the conclusion that his stages of moral development are culturally universal.

Social netwrok

The internet? why talk about the internet? Maybe because all these problems happening in the internet is involving our generations coming.
We have a big social network they involve MySpace, msn, Skype, twitter, and other mores but the big one is FACEBOOK! Why facebook? Well facebook has been growing over the past year. I saw the movie "social network" I saw how facebook was getting popular but then it it got sue for taking the idea from someone else. The website facebook was more used in college's. Little by little in the movie facebook was loosing people in the end. In real life is gaining more each day that goes by.
Now theses days when you apply to a good college, the administrators goes to facebook and see's what kind of persons they are putting in there college's. Whatever you put in your blog college's will see that even pictures that are not suppose to be up like drinking beer under age; acting like if your smoking weed all does stuff. I never knew all does stuff could ruin your future. I’m sort of against that because now all teens could not get a future for something they fake to do. I mean some teens just do it seem cool they didn’t mean to do it. Don’t we have rights with our privacy in the internet? Can’t we have a network life to run away from the reality.
The other network that is cutting our future is MySpace, but now that web site is loosing people, but is still having problems. Little kids have been signing up for an account that they don’t know the danger they could be in. Parents should be careful what their very young child are going to but teens I think they know what they are getting their self into.
Just be careful what your child’s, brother/sister could risk their life in a young stage. To the teens out their don’t be stupid to put fake stuff about your self in any social network! Learn for what is happening now don’t risk anything just to seem cool or to be popular In school. Remember colleges are looking at your blogs.