Thankful (for a classmate)

I am thankful for Lydia, Nat and Jillian.  The first time there was group work in class the four people behind me were a group and I had to be put in a group with random people.  No one in this group had read the chapter except for me so I was pretty much the only one contributing.  This happened for the first two or so group works.  Then around the third group work I joined a group with the three people listed above and they were very nice and had good ideas about the group work.  For all of the group work since then I have joined them for group work and I am very thankful that they were nice and welcoming and let me stay.

I Celebrate Myself

I had some trouble thinking of what to write for this blog so I looked to see what other people were writing and saw that lots of them started with "I didn't know what to write this week" so I decided just to give it my best.  The phrase I celebrate myself relates to transcendentalism  because one of the focuses of transcendentalism is to believe in the minority and I am only one person not anybody else.  I should celebrate my decisions and what I have done instead of worrying how it affects others.

Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was a great poem and short story writer, who's work is usually very dark, mysterious and sad.  An example of this is "The Raven".   "The Raven" is about a man sitting in his room when a bird appears and says "nevermore".  The man slowly starts to realize this has a darker meaning as he asks the bird about his dead family and all the bird reply's is "nevermore".
   In Poe's life many of his family died which is probably why his writing is so dark.  It seems mean to say this but in the end it seems good what happened because it influenced Poe to write such fantastic stories.
  Poe was found on a street in strange clothing and later died in the hospital.  It seems to match his poetry which was always mysterious for him to die like this.

What is an American?

An American is someone who lives in and embraces American culture.  This is what an American is because is because the United States is rather new country so people can trace their heritage back before it.  If the definition of an American is any more narrowed then very few to no people will be able to call themselves American.  It is important to be able to call yourself an American because it gives people a bigger connection and stronger attachment to the United States.

Modern Puritans

Puritans were a group of people that had very strict religious beliefs and someone could be killed for not following it.  Puritans do not exist today but there are still groups like them in existence.  In my opinion some people who believe in Christianity act like modern day puritans.  I say this referring to people who think gay marriage should be against the law.  The only argument to support this is god said it was bad.  I feel this shows blind following of religion even when nothing bad actually comes from it, like what the puritans did when people practiced witchcraft.  I thought in today's society there was suppose to be a separation of church and state, but apparently that is not true.

John Proctor. Hero or Stooge

By the end of "The Crucible" John Proctor has shown that he is a hero not a stooge.
  John had an affair with Abigail but he regretted it.  You can tell he regretted it because he claims he will cut off his hand before doing it again.  John also told his wife about the affair which shows he does feel bad for it.
   John shows he is a good person when he learns that his wife is pregnant.  He does not accept the deal the judge offered of letting his wife go until she gives birth because his other friends would still be in jail.
   John is a hero because when he learns from Marry Warren that Abigail was lying about people being witches he takes Marry to court so everybody can learn the truth.
   At the end of act 4 John tries to be a hero.  He does this by "admitting" he was witch but instead of saying he saw other people being witches he claims he saw no one else.  John does this to try to get his friends out of jail by saying that they are not witches.  This does not work and leaves John being accused about not telling the truth about what he saw so they hang him anyways.  This still leaves John as a hero for trying to do a good thing.
 

Arrivals...There goes the neighborhood

This topic seems extremely true in the case of the Native Americans having to deal with Europeans.  The Europeans invaded a place that seemed rather peaceful and almost completely destroyed it by spreading diseases and killing people.  I think this topic can also be taken as the people already in the neighborhood as the people being bad/racist.  In Salem, the place where The Crucible takes place, the people would say the neighborhood is ruined if any one with different beliefs came in even if they were good people.  So new arrivals can ruin a neighborhood but the neighborhood should also be accepting and not assume every new person is bad and dislike them for it.

Me

I am 15 years old.  My parents are divorced and I got to my dad's house every Wednesday and every other weekend.  I am a vegetarian but no one else in my family is one.  At my mom's house I have 2 big dogs(they are both around 90lbs).  In my free time I do random things on my computer, read or play video games.