A Short Story : A Look At The Home?

George craned his neck and layers of oily hair drooped over his brows. “Pa, whaddaya want us to do?”

Times have changed, and so has the family, the community and our environment. And these changes have impacted our lives and earth immeasurably. This is where the factor greed comes in to play, the need for more. This need for more called for extensive measures, measures like fertilizers, pesticides and equipment to work the ground and harvest the crops became necessity. Agriculture became a booming business that did not and still does not promote the well-being of the employee nor the individual let alone the family unit and community. Since 1950 an average farm size has doubled, but the number of laborers decreased substantially and the number of small local farmers has been cut in half. Farmers have been forced to become more efficient and there 's been a reliance on greater chemicals and technology, which has become very extensive and expensive. Sadly, what has been short term expansion has become a long-term threat (Trautmann, 2012). This greed driven increase has led to subtle damaging ramifications that most people are ignorant to. Their needs are being met as quality is being forsaken. Our environment is being squandered. Selfishness abounds.

Therefore, we must rely upon her victims – and they do testify, the children certainly do testify. As for the witches, none will deny that we are most eager for all their confessions. Therefore, what is left for a lawyer to bring out? I think I have made my point. Have I not?"(239-243). Reverend Hale is starting to believe that the girls are lying, and he thinks that the ones being accused should have a lawyer but Danforth just says the accused only rely on victims and witnesses. Danforth feels that he has much power and he wants it to stay that way by "defending" the people. "I cannot hear you. What do you say? You will confess yourself or you will hang! Do you know who I am? I say you will hang if you do not open with me!" (483-487). Danforth knows that he has the power to say if someone hangs or not so he's using it to scare Mary into telling the truth, or in this case the truth he wants to hear.

“Oh no,” whispered mother with her handed across her mouth. “What are we going to do?”

Under stress, people can easily forget parts of the Lord’s Prayer or the Commandments, yet this is used as a test to determine whether or not someone is a witch. These often unsound methods of justice, which are standard in Puritan society, leads to the accusation and hanging of many people that are actually innocent.

Jonathon Silleck likewise realized that attempting to demonstrate an undetectable wrongdoing in court was difficult and could prompt genuine issues, both inside and outside the court. Religious teaching and the legitimate code welcomed allegations of witchcraft, yet court authorities were regularly significantly less awed by the proof displayed in such cases than were the informers and their supporters. Priests, officers, and normal townsfolk concurred that witches represented a genuine and genuine risk, yet conceding to how to demonstrate witchcraft in a courtroom was another matter (p. 53). Law and request looked for a target clarification for unnatural events and couldn't in great soul permit these national's of the crown to be censured on unverified confirmation, particularly if the punishment of such wrongdoing was passing. A punishment with such effect and perpetual quality must present a sensible measure of proof and minimize the extent of

The authors discredit the claim that the witch trials were merely an excuse to eliminate the poor. In fact, the witch accusations, while they did begin with less wealthy members of the community, made their way to the top of the social ladder effecting members of the church and government. The majority of accusations were of women and girls, but once a female member of a family was accused it was common for other members of that family to be accused too regardless of their sex. Looking at the patters of the accusations, it becomes clear to the reader that all social classes were involved. From the early stages of accusations, the “fist three women accused could be seen as “deviants” or “outcasts” in their community” (31) which later spread to ministers, people of all ages, and both genders. Ministers however took a different approach to the accusations. Instead of being afraid of being put on trial, they viewed their accusation as a sign from God to help heal others. “By encouraging and even exploiting the usual behavior of the young people in their communities, both ministers had managed to turn a potentially damaging situation to their own benefit” (29). Although exploiting many people. the ministers were the only group who tried to see a light in the witch trials situation. Many members of the community lived in fear of being

Just as they were making their way toward the shack out comes the witch. They carefully make their way up to her and not taking their eyes off of her. Not only was she a witch but a beautiful one, like no one they had ever seen. She

In the book, the reader sees how individuals accused their love ones of “compacting with the devil”. For instance, Martha Corey was accused of witchery from her own husband. With this accusation, there was no evidence to be seen, other than what her husband, Giles Corey, suggested; therefore, these accusations were only based on here-say. Martha Corey states, “I am innocent to a witch. I know not what a witch is”(83). This quote demonstrated how an individual could be accused of a crime they did not commit, yet they do not have their voice heard since the court had already made their decision. This demonstrates how false accusation lead to the destruction of families and the creation of mass hysteria; furthermore, false confessions led to the imprisonment of many innocent

Proctor glances at me and utters, "Do that which is good, and no harm shall come to thee." I instantly realize how false this statement is considering how the Witch Trials have played out. Nervous and terrified, I present myself, with Proctor, before the court and plan on truthfully confessing to being merely an innocent, Puritan girl unfamiliar with witches, however I am unable to speak. Proctor decides to speak for me and declares, while handing Danforth, the Deputy Governor, my deposition, "This is Mary Warren’’s deposition. I would ask you remember, sir, while you read it, that until two week ago she were no different than the other children are today. You saw her scream, she howled, she swore familiar spirits choked her;

The only downfall from this timely conception is the damage to the soil if the crops are not rotated every few years. Berry speaks about the fact that some individuals focus on the production of crops instead of the health of their land; this irresponsibility causes problems for the environment. Berry states, “Once one’s farm and one’s thoughts have been sufficiently mechanized, industrial agriculture’s focus on production, as opposed to maintenance, becomes merely logical…The farm and all concerns not immediately associated with production have in effect disappeared from sight” (Berry, p. 2, p. 3). Some of America’s Society do not care about the consequences of constantly harvesting. Instead, people concern themselves with meeting the supply and demands. Berry expresses his views about soil science and its uses of replacing the lost nutrients from the overuse of the land.

“Let’s go. I can’t sit out here any longer.” Jane was already standing up, heading towards the house. I hoisted myself up, following her home.

“You don’t actually believe Abellona Abbott was a witch, how could you believe in such nonsense? Sure, people might’ve believed in witchcraft back in the 1700’s, but not anymore. Witchcraft ain’t nothin’ but a bunch of horseshit.”

Another common, harshly punished sin is witchcraft, and the irony is clear when the Puritans turn each other in, against their strong idea of unity. The Puritans try hard to keep this offense hidden as well. When Mary Warren is talking to Abby she says, “It’s a sin to conjure, and we-” and Abby replies, “I say shut it, Mary Warren!” (Miller 19) Abby is hiding this sin by lies of omission, another sin in itself. The lies of omission are motivated by the fact that when a Puritan is even suspected of witchcraft, they are punished harshly, even by death. When Danforth is talking about the power he possesses he says, “And seventy-two condemned to hang by that signature?” (Miller 87). With so many people dying, the Puritans are terrified and will do anything to protect themselves from this fate. To try to avoid the harsh punishment that is doled out to citizens accused of witchery, the Puritans rat each other out, even though they stress the ideal of unity. With pressure and threats from

Home is the place one spends more time in their life and share special moments with family. Where one expects to live permanently carefree and feel protected under the roof of their house. One day I want to have a home that makes me feel well and where I can be safe and happy. The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the decisions I made about designing my future dream house.