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The change no one can remember.
Funeral that no one did attend.
You know, typical high school stress.
Sun rose in the west today.
No one knows why, do you?

John Proctor: Hero or Stooge?

John Proctor has had some pretty tough decisions in the play. Does he confess to his fatal flaw of adultery and prevent the problem escalating as much as it did in the story? Or does he cower away from the truth, trying to protect his name and how others view him in Salem? Eventually he tries to disclose part of the truth, but his attempt fails. No one believes his information when he names Abigail a fraud, finally he confesses to adultery in a final attempt to stop the madness. He then releases he is too late and nothing else can be done and results in his own arrest. Until this point, John Proctor isn’t much of a hero, he tries to make things right, but lacks complete honesty and is too worried about his reputation. Due to his heavy conscience and guilt, he realizes all this too late. During the witch trials, he has the option to confess of his wrongdoing and live. He makes the final decision to refuse the already written confession. This decision shows the heroic side of John Proctor. To confess would be to dishonor his fellow prisoners and has enough integrity to tell and furthermore, accept the truth. Even though he still wants to save his name, he is doing so for more personal reasons, rather than motives of public approval. Even though John Proctor didn’t make the best decisions early on, he did what he felt was right and what wouldn’t hurt others.

There Goes the Neighborhood

When the very first explorers came to America, the native people seemed to be hospitable towards them and had a great deal of respect for the explorers. The Native American’s not been in contact with any outsiders and may have thought the explorers were gods. As it seems, the Native American’s and explorers were on good terms with each other, were negotiable, created treaties and there wasn’t too much conflict between the groups. Eventually as more settlers and explorers came to America and as more treaties were broken, conflict arose. As these inhabitants came, many viewed the native peoples as savages because of their different cultures and ways of living. The explorers thought they were better than the natives and wanted to push them out so they could live where they wanted to and take over this newly found country. The Native American’s, as you can imagine, were not very happy about this at all. They had been living in these areas for thousands of years before these explores came and wanted to take the land as if it was rightfully theirs. Whenever there are two groups coming together, there is almost always conflict, whether it’s about religion, lifestyle, or even the way someone dresses. As long as there’s a new concept or idea, there will be someone to go against it. This type of thing is still relevant in modern times. Take the topic of gay rights for example, conflict is created due different viewpoints and religious perspectives.