Response to the Salem Witch Trials

What caused the Salem witch trials of 1692? This question has been asked for over 300 years. Although it is a simple question, it does not have an easy answer. The answer is difficult because there are numerous factors and events that helped create and influence the trials. The main factors that started and fueled the trials were politics, religion, family feuds, economics, and the imaginations and fears of the people.

The aftermath of the Salem witch trials was severe. Even with the witch trials over, many were still in jail because they could not pay for their release. Unless the prisoners or someone else could pay for these expenses, they could not be freed. Additionally, those who were convicted of witchcraft had their property confiscated by the government. This left their families without money and, in some cases, a home.

No one died as a convicted witch in America again after the Salem witch trials. It was also the last of the religious witch hunts. For over 300 years, It continues to serve as a reminder of how politics, family squabbles, religion, economics and the imaginations and fears of people can yield tragic consequences.

Doing this project, I learned something that I have never known. I knew briefly about the Salem witch trials and couldn’t have told you enough to amount to anything. I learned that there actually was a trial determining whether to prove whether the girl is a witch or not. Altogether I thought this activity was very resourceful and helpful..

Book Talk: The Battle of Jericho

Hole in One

"When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness."

- Baba "The Kite Runner" pg. 18

In the book, The Kite Runner, it teaches many great themes in life: love, honor, guilt, fear, and redemption. The author of the book is Khaled Hosseini. Hosseini's character, Amir, has many diffucult times in his life, including death and triumph. In my connection, it is a text-to-self connection. In the book, it tells how even today, people in Afghanistan are still struggling. And its not just in Afghanistan, its all over the world, but they overcome those obstacles and they feel better from it.
In conclusion, this is a very moving, inspiring book and i highly recommend it.