Summary Of ' The Door Opens '

In 1692, Salem, Massachusetts was ruled by Puritans. Puritans are known for the strict lifestyle that they pursue. In Act One, the reader is introduced to a scene where Reverend Parris sits beside his daughter’s bed; wondering what has caused her bedridden illness. He later learns, that assumptions of witchcraft in Salem have spread and that his daughter, Betty, is affiliated with these rumors. Parris does not want to believe that his daughter could have been exposed to such dark magic, but the night before he encounters his daughter, his niece, Abigail, and some other girls dancing in the woods around a large caulderon. As he figures out what to do, Parris keeps the event to himself. ''We cannot leap to witchcraft. They will howl me out of Salem for such corruption in my house.'' (Miller 27) If the townspeople of Salem realize that witchcraft possesses the Reverend’s home, his reputation and personal wealth will go down the drain. Reverend Parris’

It was a bright cold day in Salem, where the sun seeped through overcast skies above and the mist danced around in the street. The wind hissed and howled, and swept through the narrow streets. In the centre of the town, stood the proud house of Reverend Parris. But that day, Reverend Parris was not a proud man as the accusations of witchcraft drifted through the town, overwhelming him completely.

“The Door” written by Alex Finn takes readers through a story about a teenager struggling to go outside after being bullied. Cameron has agoraphobia and can’t face the fact of going outside, and is too afraid to admit it. His parent have to take a trip and are gone for many days. While they are gone, he is brought face to face with his fear. He teaches us through his journey that fear of judgement can make you afraid to advocate for yourself.

This is the secret diary of Reverend Hale, one that is disguised by one of the gospels to prevent any un-favored eyes from looking upon this. I am writing on the third night after the arrival in the so called bedeviled town. Ever since I have left my home I have not slept. It seems that all day I run around like a mad-man attempting to purge the calamity of Salem. This village would be like any other, if not for the evil permeating this town. That is my sole mission from God now, to seek out the Devil and restore liberty to all. I am ordained by The Almighty, and I shall see it through.

As I was sitting in the meetinghouse enjoying Sunday service, I could not help but be distracted. I traced the sound of someone hollering to the young maid servant Abigail Williams. She’s the orphan who now lives with her uncle, John Proctor. Along with her yelling she seemed to be having a seizure and was throwing herself around the church. She began screaming with terror on her face and pointing up towards the rafters, claiming Martha’s spirit was sitting on one of the old wooden beams next to a so called yellow bird. I followed her finger towards the ceiling but failed to see what she described. Her neighbors tried to hush her disturbing state, but nothing they did helped. All I wanted to do was listen and enjoy my Sunday service, but due

the connection from contact and voter turnout may be misleading. Also, the sample size was small for the study, leading to question the unreliability and perhaps overstating the outcome of the mobilization campaigns. This study did find that for competitive races the likelihood of voter turnout increased 5% and those voters were likely to contribute money. They also determined that those running the campaigns were most likely to target those who had resources, or were affiliated with parties, and had strong social networks. They concluded that those with certain associations were easier to be mobilized to vote.

Plot Synopsis: As the story is set in Salem, Massachusetts during the Puritan era, obviously things are going to take a swift turn downhill. A group of girls gets caught in the woods dancing with a slave named Tituba by the local Reverend Parris. His daughter goes into a “coma”, and he questions Abigail Williams, the de facto leader of the group. Eventually they call in another Reverend, Hale,

Abigail is behind the gallows swearing she is scrupulously accusing people, but a man such as John Proctor does not deserve to hang because of an unmerciful teenager. I am watching him slowly make his way up the stairs as I write this. For a moment he pauses, and I look into his empty eyes. He has no fight left in him, and I realize that he has done nothing as morbid as witchcraft. I have tried to be tactful with John

Help Mr. Proctor as you were his daughter—you owe me that, and much more. When the children wake, speak nothing of witchcraft—it will frighten them. Oh, John, bring me soon.”

“Tell me, is that a nationality, ‘Arab’?” muses Harun, the narrator of Kamel Daoud’s The Meursault Investigation (Daoud 138). Daoud’s novel is full of questions and ramblings such as this one that serve as a response to Albert Camus’ The Stranger, which explores the trial of a French Algerian (Meursault) for killing an Arab man. In The Stranger, Camus fails to name the Arab victim and gives him no backstory nor significant reason for the cause of his murder. In The Meursault Investigation, Daoud gives the dead Arab a name: Musa. Much like Musa’s Quranic and Biblical counterpart, Musa is unable to speak for himself and so his brother Harun is left with the task of narrating the story. The Meursault Investigation draws many parallels between Meursault and Harun: both have a complicated relationship with their mother, both have an ambivalence towards their home country and most obviously both murder a ‘stranger’. The parallels in the novel are used to compare and contrast the different qualities of the two men and also cause the reader to change the way they view Meursault in The Stranger. Camus portrays a Meursault that is detached and passive, while Daoud gives an emotional Harun who ends up seeing Meursault from The Stranger as a “mirror held up to [his] soul” (Daoud 131). Through Harun’s identification with Meursault and the various parallels between the novels, Daoud is able to raise questions in the reader as to whether Meursault was as cold hearted and detached as he

It was March 11, 1692; Abigail Smith woke up with the sun shining on her face. She went to take a shower. Abigail was greeted by her adopted parents Savannah and Giles Smith. Savannah is a stay at home wife. Giles is a popular Doctor. “Abigail, aren’t you looking wonderful this morning?” Savannah said. Abigail never really thought she was pretty; she was tall, had green eyes and was darker than her parents. Abigail lives in Salem, Massachusetts. It is a town where there is little to no commotion. “Sweetie can you go to the market and get some fresh apples?” Savannah said “Yes mother,” Abigail responded.

“Homework is not an option. My bed is sending serious nap rays. I can't help myself.” (Anderson 16) In this scene Melinda

The intercom buzzer rings and the Mrs. Parks voice starts talking. “Students, we are now going to release everyone from school early and we want all of you to go home immediately and wait for your

Reverend Parris of Salem, is a man with many grievances, and a strict minister who didn’t allow music or dancing, as described by Miller. One night while in the forest, he caught his daughter Betty, niece Abigail, and other girls “dancing like heathen in the forest” (Miller 9) doing what he suspected to be witchcraft. Rumors went around the small town of Salem that Parris caught these girls conjuring spirits in the forest. His daughter, Betty fainted after they were caught in the forest causing rumors to circulate that she was bewitched. Being the leader of Salem, Parris was nervous that these rumors that would ruin his reputation. He believed that his enemies would go after him and try to drive him out of town. Parris tried to question his niece about what he saw in the forest.

It reads in Matthew 7:13-14, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." When pressed to make a decision, one is often inclined to walk the path that one’s peers are taking. More often times than not, we look for the easy way out. To merge with the popular outlook, much like the river current that flows downstream to its riverbed, all that is required of us is the immersion of ourselves within its undulation and be washed along. Choosing to be pushed by this current forces us to give up our ideas and substitute it for the common consensus. We realize that frequently our morals depart from the “common” value system, but we deny ourselves the urge to express such social commentary fearing judgement, exclusion, or even persecution by the masses. Few men choose to fight the upstream battle. Fewer men are able to alter its course. No man however can reverse the tide. The moral issues involving slavery and the post Emancipation racial discrimination in 19th century America serves as a perfect example of such an upstream battle. Writer and rhetoric master Mark Twain sheds light on the topic of conflicting human principles in his work The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, what many call “the Great American Novel”.Twain