The modern Puritan

A long time ago Puritans were very strict believers lf God. They were also very harsh towards those who did not believe in god and/or sinned at all throughout their lives. From what I have read in the Crucible and The Scarlet Letter, even the old day Puritans were not so pure behind the scenes. Not saying that ALL old day Puritans were not true Puritans, but not nealry all of them were. You could easily be "damned to hell" if you were to ever sin (and get caught ofcourse).Now, I can only be led to believe that there is no true modern day puritan. This is for the simple fact that Society has changed in so many ways on so many levels that puritans could not even manage a small group with all of the people from today around them. The closest I could ever imagine to be a Puritan are the Amish and that is because not many are in America. The ones that are in America,  I could not come to believe would be able to withstand the American life of small sin. Those who can come near a Puritans ways with America's torturous lifestyle are true saints. Even religion has been moulded in to fit the likings of today's people. To even be a puritan you have to basically never sin in your life and with all of the problems us American people have around us, it seems to me that it is almost impossible.

Act 4 Crucible: John Proctor (A hero)

In act Four of the Crucible, John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth Proctor were basically the main characters. The debate of this act of the writing was whether John was a hero or a "stooge". In my opinion John Proctor was definitely a hero in this act. This is because although he battled with his wife on if he should confess also known as "lie" about actually "rolling with lucifer" he chose the side that in truth made him a better person than nearly everyone else in Salem who pointed their fingers to keep themselves from being executed or being charged with anything. Salem had a very contradicting rule; If you admit to the crime, your more better of than not. Although it may have seemed right in their eyes, it turned out to make the actual liers safer than the truthful people of Salem. John Proctor was one of those people not just in act four but throughout the whole story. He did have small problems towards certain people of Salem and he did have his flaws. However I would not call him a stooge over calling him a hero. He being a hero was due to his action of taking his unnecessary punishment of being hung. The only problem was his argument being mainly about his name to the people of Salem. Nonetheless, John Proctor stood his ground and did what he thought ws best and in a way, faught for his ideas. He did not reach to the low of lying to save his butt because the reality is that John Proctor, along with very few other people of the Crucible,  were true people of God.

Arrivals... There goes the neighborhood

   A long time ago. Pilgrims where exploring new land. This new land turned out to be owned already by Indian tribes. To me this shows a lot about new people taking over a specific land or in this case "neighborhood". When new people come into a neighborhood and somewhat take over it as if it was their/ and or just come and share it with the people there first, it shows that the new comers are somewhat demanding and/or used to being in charge.
   Another way I think of it is like kingdoms with kings and queens. In that case there is one ruler. But in any way you think about it, there is always the one person and/or group of people that are above and in charge of the other group(s) This also pointed out to me that ever since the beginning of history as we know it began.. there was always a theoretical "leading" of society whether there were titles or not. If you think about new people coming to a neighborhood without warning or permission, it seems pretty wrong and kingdom like to me.