Witch of Blackbird Pond Summary Essay

Question #2: In the book The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare, my feelings towards the character Matthew Wood changed throughout the story. At first I didn't really like him. He seemed unwelcoming to his niece Kit who had just arrived from a nine day trip on a ship. “Seven times he returned bending his tall frame to enter the doorway, and with wordless disapproval set down one after the other the seven trunks. (Speare 38) Next, he made fun of Kit’s clothes. On page 43 it says, “Her uncle regarded her with scorn. “No one in my family has any use for such frippery,” he said coldly.” (Speare 43) The last reason why I didn’t really get a good vibe from him was because he forbid Kit from seeing her friend Hannah. I understood why he didn’t really allow it because everyone in the town believed she was a witch, but he called her heretic which was rude.

In The witches Stacy Schiff starts off by giving accurate background information of what happened in Salem. Fourteen women and five men died in 1692 because of the witch trials. Then Schiff starts to get in to detail. In the village minister’s house, the two little girls crawled under the furniture it was a great hassle to get them out, they would make made silly noises, spread their arms out like wings and pretended they could fly. Betty Parris nine years old who was the parson’s daughter, and cousin Abigail Williams who was eleven years old. These actions were absurd hence they have always been exemplary children. Soon enough comments began to spread through Salem: The children had been bewitched. Then Clergymen started coming then the

Exodus 22:22-24 says, "You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. If you afflict him at all, and if he does cry out to Me, I will surely hear his cry; and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless. In The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare, Matthew, Kit’s uncle and a devout Puritan, completely ignored this Bible verse because of his legalism. Matthew should not have been legalistic for three reasons. He was denying good things from his family, his legalism made him unkind to others, and legalism is unbiblical.

In the fictional story by Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth is trying to convey the idea of what it costs to be free and the nature of freedom. One of the reasons to support this idea is the way Kit talks about the Puritan beliefs with John Holbrook. In the fictional story by Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth is trying to convey the idea of what it costs to be free and the nature of freedom. One of the reasons to support this idea is the way Kit talks about her beliefs with John Holbrook. Another is slavery when Kit talks about this with her Uncle Matthew. A third reason to support Elizabeth’s claim is the thoughts between Matthew and Kit within the confines of the king's power over the Connecticut Colony.

Being a foreign resident is like a new born baby in a utopia without any guidance or father figure directing where to go and how to live by the rules; unless they’re no rule whatsoever. After conservatively reading Blackbird, I had an epiphany of how the land of Africa was invaded by individuals with greater power, and citizens of the land couldn’t protect what they’ve harvest because of the lack of knowledge. Let’s say the majority of people had the proper guidance and well written documents of how to save of what they owned and to keep unwanted invaders away from taking all their gold, silvers, soil; etc.… than the land of Africa would be a better place to be, or even greater than what it is today. This ties in with Blackbird

On a cold windy rainy day in Mendocino there was a man named Jefferson and his newlywed wife Maria were on their honeymoon. They were staying at the Mendocino Hotel on main street.

The concept "evil witches" I found are very interesting. It told a social phenomenon that a normal person has been slander to a devil by a group. People can found all kinds of "evidence" why he or she has supernatural power. Even though nobody see those evidence, they can describe the details as if they were on the spot. They could kill the innocent for nothing. In China, there are a time period we called" the great cultural revaluation". In ten years, it destroyed 80% of the culture, killed 90% of the intellectuals. You call intellectuals as a traitor and the devil. Then put them on the podium was criticized by the masses. A lot of people commit suicide in the middle of the way, and the rest will die in a few radicals.

In Rosalyn Schanzer’s Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem, the Salem Witch trials took place. What happened in Salem was something horrible, they hanged 19 innocent people for witchcraft and 1 was pressed to death. the hangings were on Gallows Hill. Not only that, but 200 people were accused. The Trials were Awful, so many lies told. Mothers accused children, and they did the same. Brothers accused brothers, and etcetera. Yet the aftermath was probably just as bad. People died, probably from the prison’s condition. people’s “apologies” were just another lie told after the trials ended (And what more could be said about the people who didn’t even apologize). last but not least the Money. Let the aftermath begin.

Prudence Cruff - Prudence is the daughter of Goodwife Cruff. At the beginning of the book she is incredibly shy. Kit teaches her to read in Hannah’s house. Prudence’s confidence grows throughout the book. She even helps clear Kit’s name at her trial for witchcraft.

The novel Enter Three Witches by Caroline Cooney is a story of Macbeth. The novel goes into the story of the play Macbeth by showing different character's perspectives. Although the novel presents interesting views on the original play, it is not a work of literary merit because its voice is not very clear, the language is not appropriate, and the content is not well-crafted.

After Nelly wakes up from a nap, she moves downstairs to find the storm disipating and Catherine calming down. She describes it as “I saw, by the sunbeams piercing the chinks of the shutters, Miss Catherine still seated near the fireplace.” showing the end of Catherine’s and the storm’s aggravation. Nelly also finds Hindley there as he tells his sister, Catherine that she looks “as dismal as a drowned whelp.” He compares her to a whelp, a young dog, that has been drowned, which gives the reader the image of a soaked young lady watching the sun starting to come out of the clouds.

Enter Three Witches by Caroline B. Cooney is a classic take on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". It focuses less on Macbeth and more on all of the minor characters, even characters not introduced in "Macbeth". The story is told through one omniscient narrator and multiple characters. Though each of the characters have their own lives and responsibilities, they all seem to revolve around to Macbeth. Enter Three Witches is a great book for fan-fiction, but there were two problems. The introdution of characters, and the timeline of Macbeth and Enter Three Witches do not line up, hold this book back from being great.

One lovely snowy morning Remi had just woken up and looked very blissful on this great planned Saturday. Remi put her pink slippers on and opened the closet door very quietly and got her blue dress out and layed on her bed Remi turned around and jumped on Olivia , Olivia jerked up and screamed. Ethan and Eli ran into the room because they heard the scream. Remi said that ¨she jumped on Olivia and she go scared ¨. Remi had a little smile on her face and Ethan ran after her down the steps and back up the steps for awhile and he finally caught her and started tickling her. Everyone finally got dressed.

Long ago there was a battle between good and evil. Many lives were taken and many were left wounded and power less. I was the last survivor! Over 200 years have past and I’ve seen friends and family come and go. Now its different I’m getting weaker and sicker so now I need to pass on my powers to the newest members of our family. That Halloween was he day they got the best gift of all! The oldest Melinda had the power bend the five elements and teleport. The middle child Misty, got the power to fast forward and reverse time, and can make clones of her self or others. The youngest Mandy got the power fly, and also able to read minds. These girls were the new witches in town! I would have to teach them every

The novel opens with Carruthers, a British Foreign Office employee, recalling the many invitations extended to him during his stay in London. Unfortunately, in his arrogance, the man turned down the majority of invitations, only to find himself with nowhere to go. This pushes Carruthers to consider the unappealing invitation of his old acquaintance Davies. Davies has invited Carruthers on a yachting journey filled with sailing and duck hunting, across the North Sea and into the Baltic, towards the Frisian Islands, right off the coast of Germany. Carruthers arrives to find a rather small vessel with no crew present. He quickly realizes that this is no relaxing vacation after all. While Davies shows him the ropes, Carruthers tries his best to help sail the Ducibella. As they travel across the sea, they encounter beautiful scenery and even other sailors. Eventually, Davies tells Carruthers about his previous journey through the Frisian Islands. He reveals that a German barge-yacht, owned by a man named Dollmann, had baited the Ducibella onto a shoal in a troublesome sea that surely would have caused the small yacht to perish, if not for a small channel and the Bartels. Davies finishes his story in a mode of inquiry; he cannot figure out the motivation behind Dollmann’s behavior. He comes to the conclusion that Dollmann must be an Englishman and a spy, due to his actions, looks, and Davies’ analyses of the channels. Davies proceeds to lay out Dollmann’s possible route and tells