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The Crucible and the French Revolutionary War

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How is Arthur Miller’s The Crucible related to the French Revolutionary War?

The Crucible is a story that revolves around deception among the community and a person initiating chains of undesired consequences. Similarly, the French Revolutionary War also depicts a community of accusations and a revolutionary that causes the deaths of thousands.

Below are three different ways the two events are related.

1. Accusations

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BETTY: I saw Martha Bellows with the Devil!

ABIGAIL: I saw Goody Sibber with the Devil!

It can be seen that Betty and Abigail are accusing others of conjuring the Devil. Accusations were thrown around during the Revolutionary War about those who might be against the revolution. Most of the time, blaming is used as a scapegoat to protect oneself. This, however, cost a lot of people’s lives.

2. Absurd Punishments

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MARY WARREN: Goody Osburn—will hang!

PROCTOR: Hang! Hang, y’ say?

MARRY WARREN: Aye

Mary Warren is telling John Proctor that people will be hanged if people do not admit or confess their doings with the Devil. This is an extreme consequence for a relatively small wrongdoing. In 1790s France, if one is found or accused of being against the revolution, one would be guillotined. Simply doing something different than the rest of the people in both settings would result in deadly and unreasonable punishments.

3. Manipulation and Control

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ABIGAIL: The wings! Her wings are spreading! Mary, please, don’t, don’t—!

HALE: I see nothing, Your Honor!

DANFORTH: Do you confess this power! Speak!

ABIGAIL: She’s going to come down! She walking the beam!

Abigail is pretending that Mary has transformed into a diabolical bird. This was all orchestrated by Abigail to protect herself and to turn the blame on John Proctor and Mary Warren. Her manipulation eventually succeeds and is now safe from being hanged. Instead, John Proctor is going to be prisoned. This situation can be connected to how Robespierre, the revolutionary, took control of everything and began to kill whoever does not agree with him. By doing so, he was protecting his own opinions and ideas.

Citations

1. Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. New York, Penguin Group, 2003.

2. “French Revolution.” History.com, 10 Sept. 2019, https://www.history.com/topics/france/french-revolution.

Abortion—Should It Be Legalized?

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What Did I Do During This Unit?

Throughout the unit, I learned about the three rhetorical devices: logos, pathos, and ethos. To learn more about these rhetorical devices, I analyzed two persuasive articles. In preparation of my speech, I had to present an excerpt from my independent reading book. These activities taught me skills that I later incorporated into my speech.

Speech Video

Written Speech

Reflection

Cómo mantener una vida sana y equilibrada entre los estudiantes

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Hay dos partes de una vida sana. Un parte es sobre el físico y la otra es del mente. Los dos partes son muy importante para los estudiantes. Si tu eres un estudiante y quieres una vida sana, tengo muchos consejos.

El parte del físico

En general, para la salud física, puedes comer comida y tener una rutina saludable. Por ejemplo, tienes que comer verduras, pescados, frutas y carne suficiente. El alimento debe tener muchos nutrientes. Yo como muchas verduras porque en mi familia, verduras es necesario en nos dietas. No recomiendo que comas comida basura porque es mala por el cuerpo.

Sabes si el alimento tiene nutritivo cuando tú cocinas en su casa. Además, evitas tomar mucha sal o azúcar. Si tú eres vegetariano, puedes tomar vitaminas para los nutrientes de carne y pescado. Es importante que tú tengas nutritiva suficiente para el día a la escuela y cuando tú haces la tarea.

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Debes beber más agua que café o té porque después bebes demasiado café y té, lo puede ser una adicción. Yo tomaba muchos té con leches durante el verano, pero ahora yo bebo más jugos. Los jugos de frutas o verduras son muy saludable y ayudan sentir feliz.

Después de la escuela, tienes que hacer deportes. Me hago taekwondo en los fines de semanas. Necesitas hacer ejercicio por el cuerpo ser más fuerte. Si estás cansado, tú puedes ir a caminar en la mañana o la noche. Algunas personas les gustan hacer yoga y meditar.

El parte del mente

Tener una vida sana, no solo se trata de algo físicamente pero también un algo mental.

En las mañanas, tú puedes escribir sobre tus pensamientos. Yo recuerdo cuando era joven, yo escribía todos los días en mi diario. Si no te gusta escribir, puedes dibujar. Esto es relajante. No debes usar tu teléfono en la mañana porque puede ser una adicción. Entiendo esto es difícil. Yo uso mi teléfono después me despierto pero voy a cambiar la rutina.

Tu debes descansar pero no dormir tarde o demasiado. Recomienda que duermas 8 a 9 horas para adolescente y 7 a 8 horas para adultos. Cuando duermes más o menos las horas, no estás feliz y estás más cansados. Yo sé que estudiantes tienen un montón de tarea. Soy un estudiante también pero es mi meta que duermo más temprano.

Image result for listen to musicCuando tu estás estresado, puedes escuchar música o conectar y hablar con tu familia o amigos. Me gusta escuchar música porque me sienta más feliz. Después de hablar sobre tu problemas, vas a estar menos preocupado. Es importante que tengas equilibrada tiempo para las cosas en tu vida.

Thank U, Next?

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I’m so, I’m so grateful for my ex—

TV show.

Breaking up with your favorite person, I mean TV show, is hard. Let me help.

“TV screen.” “TV” by Rob Mooney via flickr / ©All Rights Reserved

1. One Taught Me Love

Consider these questions about your ex-TV Show:

  • What was it that you love?
  • Was it the jokes?
  • Was it the tears?
  • Or just the relationships between each of the characters?

Sometimes it’s okay to not move on too quickly from your “long-time relationship.” Think about your favorite moments, scenes or plot lines that intrigued you so much. Keep those aspects in mind!

2. One Taught Me Patience

“Discovering.” “Magnified Reflection” by B.Bubble via flickr / ©All Rights Reserved

Scroll through your Tinde—sorry, Netflix browser or through the Internet. Are there any titles that catch your eyes or any clip of a show that interests you? Most likely the answer is no—you’ve tried this before.

Go to your Netflix “TV Show” section and select a genre. Use the aspects from step one to narrow down your search for a “rebound.” The reason why using aspects from your ex-TV show is because since you already have type *sips tea*, you are more likely to find another TV show of this sort that you will like.

Moving on…

If you don’t have Netflix, type in keywords after “TV shows” on Google. This step is similar to you reading someone’s bio or short explanation of oneself. You want to take a glimpse of each story before you dive right into the first date, I mean episode. Move on to the next step once you have found a captivating scene that you would want to know more about.

Here is an example of a clip you may come across:

3. One Taught Me—

Watch the first episode of the TV show. (Hope the date wasn’t too awkward, wait wrong post!) Rate it from 1 to 10. 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. Was it as intriguing as you thought it would be? Often, you can’t decide by watching the very first episode. Therefore, watch another one! Evaluate the episode again (1-10). If you have the urge to continue on to the third episode, congratulations!

You found another show!

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If not…

4. One Taught Me Pain

Maybe you don’t find anything you feel like you are going to watch for the next months or so. You don’t want to watch anymore TV shows of the same ilk. You want to explore outside your comfort zone. Perhaps, the previous show was of the science fiction genre and now you want to watch a romantic comedy. There are so many fish in the sea. Ultimately, you want to find a show that makes you happy. Don’t force yourself to watch something just to… watch something. Be patient (step 2) until you have found a series that you really enjoy.

Good luck on finding THE ONE!

MLA Citation

Brooklyn Nine-Nine. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine – Terry Is Sore from Yoga (Episode Highlight).” YouTube, 15 Apr. 2018,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ07I0bxd2c. Accessed 15 Aug. 2019.

Grande, Ariana. “thank u, next.” thank u, next, Republic Records, 2018.