Benni McCarthy

to accuse other people of witchcraft. McCarthy abused his power…

The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, tells the story about a tangle of lies, misunderstandings, and deaths in the town of Salem during the time of witch trials. In the story, Abigail Williams along with a group of girls who follow her, between they Mary Warren, are responsible for falsely accusing the vast majority of people in the town of alleged relationships with the Devil, an act that the highest authorities believe. In this occasion, Miller treats topics such as integrity, revenge, guilt…

The Red Scare America 1917-1929 The main cause was a distrust of immigrants. The Red Scare applies to a period of strong anti-communism in history. The period was characterized by heightened suspicion of communists and other radicals and the fear of widespread infiltration of communists in the US government. Communism is a system the government enforces in which property is owned by the society and people receive equal pay, land, education, etc. Every being under communism is equal. Eastern…

to be the same as being accused of being a communist? Both events had a person of power (or a person who gained power over accusations) who accused people of being either a witch or a communist (Abigail Williams in The Crucible, and Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Second Red Scare) (Bonnet,…

They Chose China was a documentary about the choices and lives of twenty-one soldiers that decided to live in China after the end of the Korean War. The soldiers’ decisions were affected by many factors such as an interest in socialism or a call for peace. However, the majority of the men were influenced by the discrimination they felt at home, especially due to fear sparked by the Cold War. To most in the United States, the armistice of the Korean War came as a surprise. Cold War tensions were…

in existence. In The Road by Cormac McCarthy the two characters, the boy and the man, take a long journey, including a struggle of death versus life shown through the use of symbols to represent both sides of the struggle. One of the heaviest symbols in the novel is McCarthy's use of biblical references in many forms to portray feelings of hope and rebirth/resurrection, while also showing filth and irony in that of the water in the new yet extinct world. McCarthy presents the symbol of water in…

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: • identify ways in which 1984 is “prophetic” in nature. • list/describe ways in which the Party maintains its power over the general population. • define, on an individual basis, what they deem to be the most important aspect of 1984, and • answer the question, “What makes this book important for modern readers?” (Why do we read it today? What benefit to we receive from doing so? How are we different after reading it?) Procedures: • Define…

The Vietnam War has been one of the most well known conflicts in the Cold War era as it still has significant impacts on today’s international relations and diplomacy between Australia and other countries. Tracing its events back into history, the origin of the Vietnam War was merely a national conflict of the Northern and Southern parts of Vietnam. The Vietnam War resulted in the involvement of more than 60,000 Australian personnel, 521 of them killed and more than 3000 wounded. Among many…

and false accusations of the American government being infiltratred of communists.During the 20th century and after the Cold War, the ideas of democracy were being undermined by those of communism. On February 9th 1950, a statement made by Joseph McCarthy was made. He stated that,“ The State Department was infested by Communists.” This statement then led the creation of the word McCarthyism which is the act of unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty without evidence.This led to many…

In comparing the works of Harold Bloom and Cormac McCarthy, Giraldi suggests that the writings of Cormac McCarthy strongly differ from the latter, due to the dark nature of the writing. He claims McCarthy is too alienating in his works, and that as a “father of young boys [he] can brook only so much vicarious heartwreck [sic] involving young boys” (Giraldi). The dark themes in…