John Proctor: Hero or Stooge?

I think that John Proctor is a hero. He repeatedly tried to do the right thing, even if it ends up blowing up in his face. John Proctor has flaws, like human being, or literary character. He clearly regrets cheating on his wife. In Act 1, he tells Abigail “I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again.” He also is clearly willing to sacrifice his life for Elizabeth’s when he confesses to lechery, even though he isn’t able to free Elizabeth, and gets himself accused of being with the devil.Not only does he try to free Elizabeth, he tried to free all of the people were accused of witchcraft. He sometimes loses control of his anger though and he threatened to “bring your (Mary Warren’s) guts into your mouth.” if she did not tell the court that the witchcraft was a sham, and when he calls Abigail a whore. His, if he didn’t cheat with Abigail, she wouldn’t have blamed Elizabeth Proctor, and neither Proctor would have died. Even though Proctor may not be the most religious person in Salem, he is one of the few who can see through Abigail and the other girls charade.

There goes the neighborhood

When 2 cultures come together , their different traditions, language, and sometimes religion can clash. This is because of ethnocentrism, which is the belief that one’s culture is superior to every other culture.

In the case of the European settlers, they thought that their way of life was so much better than the Native American’s way of life, that they tried to force their culture upon the Native Americans. When the Natives Americans refused the European culture, they were thought of as savages. Due to the fact that in the European’s eyes, the Native Americans had less advanced technology. The French-Indian war started mostly because of the difference in culture.

However, sometimes when 2 cultures come together, an entirely new culture or language can form. For example, many Americans now speak Spanglish, which can be considered a completely new language. Also, in New Orleans,the French settlers and their African American slaves settled in the 1700’s, for the most part, the 2 cultures were separated. When the slaves were freed after the Civil War, the 2 cultures had less separation and eventually created the culture which we now know as Creole culture. The 2 cultures are also still alive and well in Africa and France.

There are many different outcomes, positive and negative that can occur when 2 cultures combine. It depends on how open minded the 2 groups of people are to new traditions.

Me

Hi, my name is Rose Sosnowski. I went to the Academic Center. While I was in the academic center, I ran cross country and track and field. I am in concert choir at Whitney Young. Before I came to Whitney Young, I was the Lenart on the Southside of Chicago.
I was born in Chicago. My dad was born in Ohio and my mom was born in Taiwan. I have a little brother who was also born in Chicago. I live in the West Loop.
 My favorite book is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. However, my favorie author is Kurt Vonegut. My favorite band is the Foo Fighters. I am taking AP Human Geography and French 3 this year.
Most of my relatives live either in China or New England. My favorite sport to watch is football. Outside of school, I play piano. My favorite place in the city is Navy Pier because it's the closest thing to an amusment park in Chicago, besides 6 flags. This year, I'd like to be able to read my writing and enjoy it. I've never left the U.S. before, but I've been to Hawaii. I would like to visit Paris someday.