John Proctor: Hero or Stooge

I believe that John Proctor is a very odd mixture of both a hero and a stooge because as stooge-like as he handled his problems, he stood up for what he believed. He was brave enough to stand in front of the court and admit to having an affair with Abigail in order to save his wife, albeit no one believed him but it's the the thought that counts, right? That part him is quite heroic but that part is only a fraction of who he is. The issues with Abigail or with Parris and the court were not  handled very eloquently and he often times made situations worse. I can admire Proctor because in a puritanical society, it cannot be easy to stand up for your beliefs But he did anyway. No matter how much of a stooge it made him.

There Goes The Neighborhood

When two cultures are first introduced to each other, no matter how similar they are, they will clash. They will clash and there will be conflict because as humans, we have a need to assert our dominance, to let every one else know who's in charge. And in this town, every one wants to be in charge. So we will fight to be in charge, and it's just a matter of who comes out on top. When the explorers came to America, they came to prosper and to be on top, so naturally, when they came across the Indians, they had no plans of sharing their new discoveries. They thought of the Indians as savages because they were not as advanced and they thought of each other as inferior because they thought of themselves as superior. The explorers decided that the land was theirs to destroy and the people were theirs to enslave and they could do whatever they pleased. And so they did.

ABOUT ME
My name is Lissette and I am a sophomore at Whitney Young high school and i live in Chicago. I love books, movies and music. I aspire to someday be a great film director and producer (and maybe even writer). My favorite subject in school has always been English because with subjects like math and science, there is really only one answer but in an English class, you are forced to think outside the box and evaluate the tones and themes and feelings shown by the writer. My favorite book is Looking for Alaska by John Green for precisely those reasons and my favorite artists are The killers, The strokes, The kooks and Lana Del Rey. I love to write if I am given an interesting enough topic. This year in my American Literature class, I hope to expand and sharpen my writing skills.