Mr. Tucket by Gary Paulsen

Francis Tucket is a 14 year old boy traveling west with his family. He is captured by the Pawnee Indians but gets rescued by a mountain man, Jason Grimes. Grimes gives Francis the name Mr. Tucket. While traveling west together to look for Mr. Tucket's family, the two men go through great encounters. They are side by side through everything until Mr. Grimes is killed by one of the Pawnee warriors.

This story takes readers through a magnificent adventure of both reality and imagination. It would be any young boys dream to live off the land and turn into a man at the same time. Mr. Tucket kept my attention the whole way through because Gary Paulsen never lets the action stop. Every time one event is over, another begins and every situation is more exciting than the previous. I would suggest any funloving person interested in autonomy and adventure of the old west, to read this book.

The Crucible, The Red Scare and Other Which Trials

I BELIEVE I HAVE SOLVED THE HYPERLINK PROBLEM. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
1. What was Miller's point in writing The Crucible?

http://people.stu.ca/~hunt/22230405/plays/crucible/Why.htm



This sight is very helpful in realizing why Miller decided to write The Crucible. He clearly states he point with the quote "Fear doesn't travel well; just as it can warp judgment, its absence can diminish memory's truth. What terrifies one generation is likely to bring only a puzzled smile to the next." (Arthur Miller)

http://warren.dusd.net/~dstone/Resources/11P/M_NY.htm

In this site, Miller explains where his ideas came from and why he wrote the crucibal. It gives, in great detail, explanations of everything he combined to write The Crucible. At one point he explains how he finally decided the play was coming along when he "found himself in it": Paragraph 15.

2. How are McCarthyism, the Red Scare, Arthur Miller, and The Crucible interrelated?
http://www.123helpme.com/preview.asp?id=84679

This site gives a small explanation of the similarities between McCarthyism and the Salem Witch Trials.

http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/88240.html


Here are some similarities that I hadn't even thought of. If this doesn't explain anything, you're on your own.




3. Document other times in American history when 'witch hunts' were conducted and discuss the outcomes of the Salem witch hunt and the other witch hunts you find. What do they all have in common?

http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0604-01.htm


Here is an explanation of why the War in Irag is turning into a witch hunt. It is said that the war is similar to the witch hunts only now it is racial discrimination, no witchcraft.

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0122-20.htm


Wow this is very interesting. I will have to leave this one up to you to read. You should easily see how this is a witch hunt, in it's own right.