...many through his gruesome tales and horrific imagery. He makes us look twice before we turn the lights off at night. But what makes a whole society become scared? Well on two occasions, there were situations in which the society of the United States fell victim to fear. This fear brought two separate movements to try and keep the “Boogeyman” from trying to get into the United States. These movements were both commonly known as the Red Scare. This scare was willing to take anyone as it’s victim. Celebrities, politicians, or common Americans were all vulnerable to this phenomena that brought forth a Salem Witch Trial type of environment. The government of the United States of America tried to take many precautions, whether it was a success or failure, to try and prevent the spread of Communism in a country that is considered the greatest country on the Earth. Whenever there is a moment in history that brings on a mass hysteria, it shows what kind of people are really out there lurking around. This moment in history illustrates what happens during hysteria and what it makes people do in a time in which a common fear is shared amongst individuals of a society. “The scariest moment is always just before you start.” - Stephen King (269) This quote illustrates the moment in time just before the second Red Scare. Unlike the first Red Scare, this Red Scare had many components that provided more fear to the United States citizens. The citizens were not only in fear of the spread...
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...an event that never happened. During the Red Scare this is what was occurring all around. In The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor was accused by Abigail William because of her hatred towards Elizabeth. In the Red Scare they targeted celebrities because they thought they were high targeted and could possibly be a communist. The Red Scare influenced the book “The Crucible” by reflecting the United States government with the court of Salem, people who were accused and arrested for being a Communist, in addition to fear with how scare tactics impacted societies. The Red Scare influenced the book “The Crucible” by reflecting the United States government with the Court of Salem. During the Red Scare, the United States government and the communist Soviet Union became engaged in a series of largely political problems with economic clashes. Both the Soviet Union and the United States’ intense rivalry caused tension between these two superpowers which raised concerns in the United States that communists were inside America might have been working as Soviet spies. These Soviet spies were said to perhaps, pose a threat to the U.S security. As for the Court of Salem, a group of young girls claimed to be...
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...1.McCarthyism is when you say something to somebody and accuse them of something the people will believe the accuser and not the accused because they deny the accused crime and it makes them look more guilty. An example of McCarthyism is in the Crucible, somebody would accuse somebody else of being a “witch” and the accused person denied of being a witch and then that person would lose his land and die in the same process such as john proctor. The red scare was a time period when fear of communism was spreading around and was getting more and more people of communism. Communism is the same as being called a “witch” according to the Crucible. The United States was involved in the whole red scare time period because i think that the red scare started somewhere in the United States. It affected people in america because people were being accused of being a communist and if they didn’t admit to being a communist, the people would be killed i think probably by being hung up. Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” is similar to the Red Scare/ McCarthyism because the whole situation was based on who was being accused of being what and in the Crucibles case, people were being accused of being witches and in the red scare act thing they were being accused of being communist. It is also similar because if you did not confess to being a “witch” or a “communist”, then they would take away your property and kill you. The difference between them that i noticed through the play was that...
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...the infamous Red Scare and the communist allegations of Joseph McCarthy. In the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, the communal American fear of communist subversion reached its peak, colloquially known as the Red Scare. At this time, fewer than 50,000 out of the 150 million people, less than 1%, living in the United States belonged to the communist party, however the country remained in a state of panic. As a result of this hysteria, a senator named Joseph McCarthy began making accusations against alleged communist infiltration of government agencies. Therefore, the term McCarthyism, coined by political cartoonist Herbert Block, came to mean the movement to expose Communist subversives in the government and other important public institutions from the late 1940s to the mid 1950s. A...
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...Scream Queens: Not Your Average Scare Scream Queens is a new series that has just started airing on Fox; in a nutshell it is a new genre called Horror Comedy that takes place on an “everyday” college campus. Seemingly out of the blue a masked “Red Devil” begins targeting what is thought to be the “IT” sorority, Kappa Kappa Tau. The audience wants to know if it’s by random or grand design. The big question remains throughout the show, is the Red Devil someone who is just plain evil, or a reminder of the past of Kappa Kappa Tau? Like most “whodunit” shows, it keeps viewers guessing, every episode has the audience questioning a different character each week. Although it may seem like a typical mystery show it should not be overlooked, everything...
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...In the award winning movie Monsters University, directed by Dan Scanlon, there are many different themes presented. The first theme in the movie is “to dream big.” For instance, after seeing a scare rowr Mike Wazowski, a little green one eyed monster, develops the improbable dream of being a scarer. “How do I become a scarer” (Scanlon x:xx). Although Mike is not scary, in fact he’s more nerdy than anything, and probably does not stand a big chance at becoming a scarer, Mike still believes in his dream!. Later in the movie, the storyline promotes the theme of how we all should use “teamwork.” For example, in the beginning of the Scare Games, the monsters were only in it for themselves; but, towards the end they start to work together. “Squishy....
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...much discrimination towards people during this time because the nation was in fear of communism. The Lavender Scare was overlooked by the American people because it only affected homosexuals working in...
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...blood transfusion. Maureen wanted her audience not to be frightened about donating organs. Maureen wants to inform the audience about organ donating, even if that person wasn’t related to you and you don’t even know them. You shouldn’t be inconsiderate about donating piece of your liver or any other organ to someone who might need it to live. Maureen is trying to communicate in this essay to the people who are still skeptical at donating. Maureen said her niece is a health fanatic, she is a personal trainer and she’s single, out in this cruel dating world. Plus they live in an “everything must be perfect” culture where the women us Botox, lasers, and liposuction. Just to make their bodies to this “so called perfection”. Maureen want Jennifer to feel good about her scare by using the love scene in Lethal Weapon three for an example when Gibson and Russo were showing off their scares to each other. Plus Maureen stated Jennifer had every quality a woman could want. This section that Maureen used in her essay was effective even though Jennifer had a scare on her stomach she was still joyful, and the scare didn’t even affected her personality. Maureen shifted from telling the story about her niece bravery to explaining more than 80,000 people are on the waiting list for donations, but most of them will never get one. Maureen transitioned after her niece received a green ribbon from Dr. Amy Lu, which shows Jennifer donated and she supports it. This is when Maureen transitioned...
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...After the unity of America for WWII, the true underbelly of many American opinions and what it was to be a true American were revealed. Was the identity of a true American liberal or conservative? Were they from the suburbs and farm lands or urban? Were they a rebel or did they conform to the government and social norms? Were they stay at home mothers or did they leave home to join the workforce with men?...
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...Chapter 15 mentions “how throughout the years drugs scares have changed. First, it was alcohol then it was opiates and cocaine. Other drug scares throughout history was marijuana and most recently the drug scare has been crack” (Chapter 15, pg. 160-163). Chapter 15 also mentions “how laws on drugs constantly change and how since 1896 politicians have been trying to get tough on drugs and how billions were sent to law enforcement to tackle the problem by making laws saying drugs are illegal, longer sentences If caught, and making drug offenses punishable by death” (Chapter 15, pg. 163). Chapter 15 also mentions “how in the united states alone has more people in prison than any other nation and about half of them for drug charges and majority of them are racial minorities” (Chapter 15, pg. 163). It seems to be that drugs in general once was not against the law until it became an issue, and how law enforcement throughout the years have been trying to be tougher on the laws against drugs in order to try a control and...
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...When you compare two time periods with such time in between ,you rarely find any similarities but with expert crafting by Arthur Miller was able to draw lots of the same moods and evidence from both time periods . Using the basis of the witch trials and the red scare he was living through I believe Arthur Miller wrote “”The Crucible” to show how stupid the current era of McCarthyism. The Red scare was a time period in the 1950’s where American senator Joseph McCarthy was accusing many Americans of being communists. This was a time where the entire country was weary of their neighbors because of the thought that they supported the communist opposition. Most of these if not all of the accusations were false and only caused hysteria . The...
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...his dead brother, Phoebe, his little sister, and Jane, an old neighbor of his that he has always thought as attractive. When he learns he is getting kicked out of his most recent school, Pencey Prep, he ventures to New York before his parents find out. He lives on his own for a couple of days in the big apple. Holden has enough money to take care of himself, even indulge, but the readers soon learn that Holden is lonely, confused...
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...MODULE. It will be evaluated for grammar and language. You will need one computer per group to do the assignment. 1) Look up this trailer for the classic horror film The Shining (1980) on the internet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S014oGZiSdI Remember that trailers are meant to make people want to see the film. This film is obviously meant to scare the viewers, shock them, make them look away, maybe give them nightmares. My question is: Why on earth does this work for most people? Why do you think that we like horror movies? (Your answer must be about 100 words). Because the scare makes us exited, it’s something we dosen’t experience in everyday life and therefor it makes it more interesting, It releases some substances in the brain that makes you excited and happy. 2) Look up these two-sentence horror stories on the internet: http://justsomething.co/20-terrifying-two-sentence-horror-stories-that-will-make-you-hold-your-breath/ Now write your own two-sentence horror stories and pick the best two for your assignment He woke up, again. Helle bagger, being naked. 3) Look at the picture on the next page. Close your eyes and imagine that you are walking up to the castle at dusk, alone. You unlock the chains of the giant rusty gates and hear them slam shut behind you as you make your way towards the main entrance. Finish the story: what do you see, what do you hear, what do you feel and whom do you meet? (Your answer must be about 150...
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...Capital Punishment and Crime Deterred Should capital punishment be used in a justice system to deter the level of serious crimes in a society? There have been arguments that capital punishment is the best way to deter crime and arguments that say it is not all over the world. The justice system is in place to keep societies functioning proper, and punish those who hurt that goal, capital punishment is one of the ways that have been aiding in the success. If capital punishment does act as a deterrent for crime, shouldn’t a society use it as a tool for the justice system? However, if capital punishment does not act as a deterrent for crime, then should it be scrapped by the justice system and emphasis be placed on looking for a new way to deter crime? This is more than just a crime deterrent issue because it involves taking a life to save a life. This is an ethical issue of whether capital punishment is the best way to solve the problem, and this has been argued by millions of people all over the world for decades and it is still a highly debated topic to this day. Capital Punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the practice of sentencing a person to execution as punishment for a capital crime after a proper legal trail. It is typically only used as a form of punishment for people who commit serious types of murder. It may not be known, because many countries never actually use it, but there are 58 countries that currently have a form of the death penalty (Unknown, 2010)...
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...6) Harlem- So this is pretty interesting. In a time when most blacks could not own land or whites had at the very least made it very difficult to own land. Therefor the blacks could not even own/operate the clubs in their very own neighborhoods, the whites owned some of the most famous nightclubs in Harlem. This fact is intriguing all by itself. It is very similar to the south the white man benefiting off African American labor and culture. The whites were going into Harlem to have these crazy adventures on the other side of the tracks sort of speak. Meanwhile the club owners were mostly white. It seems so wrong that the blacks had come from the South to the North to have a better version of freedom. I am sure after surviving the South the North probably did seem better. Really it was the same story different setting. With that said after reading more and...
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