The Puritan community in The Crucible was vulnerable in many ways and susceptible to irrational and panicky accusations of the Salem Witch Hunts because of their strict and constricting ways. The children in the community are treated very poorly and less than everyone else in the town. As the Salem Witch Hunts were essentially started by the children the fact that they were treated as lesser beings contributed to the communities demise. “He (Reverend Parris) regarded them as young adults, an until this strange crisis he, like the rest of Salem, never conceived that the children were anything but thankful for being permitted to walk straight, eyes slightly lowered, arms at their sides, and mouths shut until bidden to speak,” (Miller 3). Miller foreshadows the Witch Hunts to come.
In order to prevent another Tribulation, the people of Waknuk go to extreme lengths to preserve normality, going as far as killing or banishing ‘deviations’ to the uninhabitable Fringes. Their ritualistic fear of a second Tribulation and of the Devil seems to outweigh their innate ability to show compassion and love, dooming ‘blasphemies’ to lives of deprivation. Although the treatment and harsh judgements of ‘deviations’ are contrary to what the Bible teaches, the Waknuk society ignores this. Their religious bigotry overshadows any
In my opinion, religion was a hindrance to Franks childhood and him growing up, albeit he did sometimes find solace in religion. Religion in Ireland, and especially Limerick, was extremely strict, with the smallest and most insignificant "sins", bringing you straight to hell and eternal damnation. The small children were so scared of committing sins, that they would confess everything that they deemed bad. A quote that shows Frank doing this is: "Bless me, father for I have sinned, it's a minute since my last confession. A minute!
Initially, having been convinced that war is a glorious act of patriotism, the writers felt downright betrayed by the previous generation, once coming to the haunting realization that war is the opposite of what had been conveyed to them. For example in All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul’s teacher, Kantorek, represents this despised upon generation as he goes to great extent to intensely convince the whole class to go to war until finally they succumbed to “under his shepherding” (11). The generation that Kantorek represents had a misleading portrayal of war, as Germany had not gone to war during their youth and therefor they had no clue of what consequences their greedy and impulsive decisions would bring about on these shapeable young men. This misconception proved to be lethal as it created the all-popular vibe that war is a glorious event that always leads to better futures. In addition, in the poem “Arms and the Boy”, Owen describes an omniscient group who “let the boy try along this bayonet-blade” (line 1).
Distrust in Health Care Over the years, I have gained more understanding of why people do not trust the United States Health Care system. Growing up as children we all dreaded going to the doctor because we knew it meant we were getting shots. But even when you get older, you still avoid going to the doctor due to the fact that you may not have health insurance, scared or maybe because you don’t have trust in your primary physician. Throughout this essay I will discuss the different factors that cause specialized populations to distrust the United States Health Care system, the importance of trust in the health care system and why it’s so difficult for specialized populations to trust the ones that are providing health care. There are various different factors that have caused specialized populations distrust in the United States health care system.
Developing a Thesis Statement ENG/102 Developing a Thesis Statement Many people are convinced that their child’s autism was caused by immunizations, although there is no real evidence that supports this theory. This belief has led to a dangerous trend that has been driven by false data, and the media. Unfortunately this has led to outbreaks in preventable diseases and poses a danger to others. Refusing to immunize not only causes a health risk for the child that is not vaccinated, but to the rest of the community as well, particularly very young children who have yet to be immunized, and the elderly. Immunizations are not the cause of rising cases of autism, and in fact, not immunizing has caused outbreaks of certain other diseases.
Child Abuse and Neglect In today’s society, especially іn U.K, we fail to address а numbеr of issues that need to be solved. Unfortunately, child abuse is one of the major issues that our country is plagued with, yet we neglect to bring this to the attention of the entire nation. Evеry year millions of children suffеr some form of child abuse. It is often ovеrlooked because evеryone has а diffеrent view of what exactly defines child abuse. More tragically, many people hesitate to report suspected cases of abuse, pеrhaps because they think the child may be lying, or they have difficulty believing that а respectable neighbour could be а child molestеr.
If children remain uneducated or unfocused, it’s the country which paysthe price of that ignorance and lack of education among the coming generation. The reason that Marjane Satrapi was rebellious was because she thought that the cultural revolution was ruining the education system of her country. There are many incidents in the book which direct us towards this conclusion that Marjane blamed the cultural revolution for the downfall of the education system of her country. The first incident that comes to my mind is from the first chapter “The Veil” (3). The author says, “We didn’t really like to wear the veil, especially since we didn’t understand why we had to” (3).
I highly regard her mental strength and courage for doing that, especially with her having to deal with the husband, who you could say had a more radical approach. While the wife was more conservative and accepting of the atheistic woman’s faith and beliefs, the father constantly attacked her and her people by questioning their beliefs in a somewhat rude and condescending tone. The atheistic woman was also more passive in her approach to show her beliefs with them. Also, I do not think the husband represented Christian people very well because he talked about all the morals the Bible taught but I thought he wasn’t a very great embodiment of them and at the coffee shop when the atheist was questioning him about the “In God We Trust,” on the currency thing, he didn’t handle it well at all as he was just avoiding the question and kept restating himself which I thought made him just look ignorant. But in the end, I felt it was a good experience for both sides.
For example, after the post nuclear holocaust, the Waknuk community were “afraid” of the change in the community, so they treated badly anyone who looked different. As a result of the oppression forced upon coloured people stifled their human spirit. This was demonstrated both in the book and historically in America.