I knew was truly an American when...

I;d have to say when i learned our National Anthem in 3rd grade. The words, so strong & so true, they say everything perfectly! Every time i here the song, i cant help but think of how great a country this is & how proud & lucky i am to be a citizen of it. Also, at that point i was proud to be an American, i also realized the real blow of 9/11 that year during Sept. Books i read (that i dont recall) about the wars we fought in, movies i watched. it all clicked on how i was proud to be a citizen of America & call myself an American

Us vs Them....Us and Them

i truely don't understand what this blog is supposed to be about, so yea. this'll be my interpretation of what i think it's asking. That many times, our enemies tend to become our "allies" or at least we need to work with them often because neither side is going anywhere. Just goes to show that even though they may be your enemy, when its apparent that both sides are too great powers for either side to truely be victor, it will need to be learned to deal with the enemy.

John Proctor; hero or not?

Normally, with a question like this, i believe people would describe the person then tell you what their answer is based on their previously stated words;i would like to start by saying that John Proctor is a Hero & deserves this recognition from anybody who reads "The Crucible". He did all he could to save his wife, prove her innocence & save his friends of the town of Salem from execution by ruling of witchery. He could have taken the deal for his wife to be spared since she was pregnant but wanted to save everybody because the reasons for all these accusations was a load of BS. Vengeance, was the motive for all the witchcraft accusations, which lead others to do the same out of greed & jealousy.

John Proctor was trying to set things right, and in doing so, it cost him his life. John Proctor was a hero for trying to fix Salem, even throwing out his name saying a had an affair with Abby, to save lives from death from a stupid reasons. And by not taking the deal to keep his life rather than falsely admit to working with the devil, he shows the town that all the accusations really WAS a load of BS