Her body lies in Room 317

look, if you dare......

There once was a man named Duke Rington, he went on a business trip to Oregon. During his stay there, he checked himself into the Shea Hotel, at the time the hotel was very booked. While he was getting his room card, the receptionist called over her manager to talk to the client. Duke was taken aside by the manager and told that his room had a tiny hole in the wall and not to look through a tiny peep hole that had been accidentally been marked in the wall. It was the only room available so, Duke agreed, he did not an issue with the hole, until night came.

  Duke spent his night alone, and after watching many hours of t.v, he got extremely bored, which led to his curiosity lurking about. He began thinking of why the manager did not want him looking through the whole, no other guest was next door, so he would not be peaking through other people’s business. That night, he peeped through the hole and saw a beautiful young girl sitting on a rocking chair, she was wearing a wedding gown. The girl just sat there looking the other way, before she could turn her head toward the hole, Duke quickly moved away from the hole.

The next night, Duke again got curious to see the beautiful girl and once more put his eye to the hole. However, this time he saw no room, no girl, no rocking chair, only red. That following morning Duke went to see the manager and asked him about what he witnessed. The manager franticly explained how there had been a couple at the hotel that had planned their wedding in the banquet hall. The night before their reception, the bride mysteriously died. The bride, which is the young girl, sits and stares at the empty wall. She only stares and wears her white gown, only her eyes are red. 

(If you don’t understand it, the young girl was peeping in the hole at the same time Duke was, that is why he only saw red. red=her eye)

Listen up, Abigail!

Abigail Williams, is the orphaned niece of Reverend Parris. She was taken into his care after her parents had died from an attack from local Native Americans. Although, she had been kindly accepted with open arms, she grew to be cunning and clever. The character of Abigail is very scandalous and alluring, which brings readers to learn more about her. She is very disliked by readers due to her evil personality, manipulated mind, and egotistical self. On a certain level, I obtain similar traits as Abigail Williams, both of us are stubborn, can get extremely furious and be filled with animosity. However, I do not have all the same personalities that Abigail has, a very renown criminal does, Casey Anthony. Anthony was convicted of killing her young daughter. Both Anthony and Abigail, have been in court for a crime, they both made up stories to make judges believe they were innocent, and the extremely upsetting and unjust similarity they have, is the fact that both of them got away with the crime. 

Readers can tell at the beginning of the novel that Abigail is sneaky and does mischievous things. To begin with, Abigail had an affair with John Proctor, a married man who does not fit in with the rest of Salem’s society. She knows right from wrong, and she chooses to continue persuade John to leave his wife because she is in love with him, “I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart!...and now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes? I will not, I cannot! You loved me” (The Crucible). This shows that she is openly willing to tear a family apart just because of selfishness. Another example of her coldness towards others is how she threatens the girls if they gave up their act of being possessed by the demon that she will:

“I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy that will shudder you. And you know I can do it; I saw Indians smash my dear parents’ heads on the pillow next to mine, and I have seen some reddish work done at night, and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!”(The Crucible).

Her character initially comes off to be evil hearted and there is no good that can come from her. 

By the course of the novel, her lies keeping going and nothing of a change of heart occurs from her. Her stories only become more crazy and unthinkable. Her change of story telling only got worse for the people she blames. She accused her slave, Tituba, of conjuring up spirits, “She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer! She comes to me every night to go and drink blood!”(The Crucible). The alterations in her story, predict that she is afraid that her phony tales of witchery will soon be discovered as false pretenses. Also, she becomes more religious as the plot moves on. Abigail believes that if she is more devoted into God “saving her soul”, than the church members and judges will put pity on her and be convinced of her story. 

By the end of the novel, Abigail realizes that she has put the man she loves in jail and will be put to death. Due to her guilt she leaves Salem, without word, the next morning Reverend Parris, dashes into the court rooms shouting “My niece… I believe she has vanished” (The Crucible). Her leave is a sign to show her falseness. Abigail never changed herself, but only grew eviler. Not only did guilt build in her, but she realized that she was not loved by anyone. Abigail deserves not to be loved, she the primary reason of the hanging of many. 

In the future, Abigail should move to a far place south of Salem, so that no one will ever find her. She should change her name, and her family story. Her leaving Salem, was because there was nothing there for her. She will lie about her new life to build relations with others. Her days of perjury are over with because she has clearly learned what one story can do to people. 

*****The Crucible By Arthur Miller

Glad You Came!

GLAD YOU CAME STORY

When the sun goes down, and the stars come out, is usually when decisions are made without me being present. Last weekend, I was presented with the same dilemma of having to go to Toronto. A family friend was getting married! My dad had changed his mind for the tenth time on Friday night and decided that we would be attending the wedding on that Sunday. 

Of course, being the person that I am, I hesitated. I couldn’t miss school?! I had a  group psychology project to work on! My sister reminded me that I’d only be going to Toronto for one night and that I didn’t have school on Monday. I still wouldn’t change my mind. Finally when I couldn’t argue anymore, my mom said, “TURN THE LIGHTS OUT NOW, and go to sleep”. 

Saturday morning I had to help everyone pack. We were only going for one night, but it felt like we were packing for a whole month. I didn’t feel like packing, so I just started watching Friends. My sister walked by and noticed that my “break” from packing was a bit extended, “Can you spend a little time packing please?”, she asked. That’s all I did that dreadful Saturday...pack. 

Finally, it was time for our flight Sunday morning. “TIME IS SLIPPING AWAY, we will be late for our flight!”, my mom panicked.  I really wasn’t looking forward to this trip. To make matters worse, when we were boarding the plane my dad noticed something on my ticket and felt the need to loudly remind me, “Your seat is away from us so stay where you are so we can check up on you every few minutes!”. I told my dad, “You hit me like the sky fell on me.” I was super embarrassed. 

Anyway, the wedding went through fine, and was kind of fun, actually. My sister and I got to walk the bride out to the main hall, which was super special. It really wasn’t until going to the airport the next day to come back home when I realized, this was not so bad of a trip. Right when I noticed that I had a great time in Toronto and didn’t want to come home, my friend, who is the sister of the groom, said, “Hey, Aeliya! I’m glad you came.”. That’s when it was official, I really was glad that I came. 

*BASED ON A TRUE STORY* 

Can movies, music and plays change you?

     

    The modern day world has been changing throughout time by the influences of different types of literature works. As time progresses our society also alters, these changes occur because of what others around us do or say.  People read, see or hear the views of other authors or writers and they too are motivated to do differently in their life. Books, plays, films and music are a primary reason of how a cause can affect many people and change their ideas and opinions.

In The Crucible, the play, portrays a very religiously strict society. This in North America, is no longer an issue. A strict town based on religion is not in place in America, there are no cities in this country that are strictly for a certain religion. The Crucible demonstrated how having a strict society made the town prejudice and full of superstitions. This has made our own society change and more calm on situations that are unknown to us. Also, The Crucible, showed adultery as a terrible thing to do, which it is, however back then women would be whipped and shunned from the society. Now, a simple divorce is filed as appose to brutality. 

Not only do plays change our reaction to episodes in life but recently, movies have too. The growth of the movie industry has increased because so many people are interested in watching entertainment. Film director and actor James Cameron, filmed a very controversial movie, Avatar. Avatar showed the destruction of societies and nature. The film changed the way people viewed on others, just because someone is different than you does not given anyone the right to treat them with injustice. This movie, also caused awareness to the ruination of nature. Avatar, made people stop and think if there was more to life than just us humans.

In the music industry, an increase of rap music has emerged and has become very popular, especially with teenagers. Most rap songs talk about weapons, violence, and degrade women. This type of music gives people of all ages a bad message, usually. Children who listen to this type of music hear these messages the song sends, and act the way they think is “cool”. Mostly boys, follow the style, attitude and behaviors of the their icon rapper. The style of baggy pants, is a good example of how rappers have influenced boys, you can easily walk around town and see this “style”.