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-__Sarah's Space-__
By Sarah E. Churchill



//**My personal philosophy:** my life has taken many turns in the past few weeks. my friendships have changed, my family relationships altered, myself altered as well. I realized that we may want the bad part of us, the one that lies, or cheats, or gossips, to be gone forever, but it will always be a part of us; this does not mean we are doomed to be sinners forever, but just that it gives us a choice. We can choose to strive for goodness, or we can choose to ignore it. In other words, find a happy medium. My personal philosophy is to try to do what is right. Listen to others, be forgiving and compassionate. I myself acknowledge I will never perfect these skills, but I will keep trying my best. This relates to the idea that people who do cruel things can still be good people. We all fall sometimes. We all make mistakes; it's called human nature. We are not perfect, and won't always do the right thing. However, we can still be good people, srive for goodness to brighten our lives. In the end, I think that this is what matters.//

media type="custom" key="323129" "Innocent" by Our Lady Peace

Oh, Johnny wishes he was famous Spends his time alone in the basement With Lennon and Cobain and A guitar and a stereo

But it all seems so contagious And a song that has no soul**
 * And while he wishes he could escape this**
 * Not to be yourself and faceless

I remember losing hope And I remember all the feelings and the day they stopped**
 * I remember feeling low

We are, we are all innocent We are all innocent We are, we are...

We are, we are all innocent We are all innocent We are, we are...

Oh, I dreamed of losing faith and what she knows And some music hits on the foreclose Thinks of surgery and a new nose And the galleries of war

And while she wishes she was a dancer And that she'd never heard of cancer She wishes God would give her some answers And make her feel beautiful

I remember feeling low I remember losing hope I remember all the feelings and the day they stopped

We are, we are all innocent We are all innocent We are, we are...

We are, we are all innocent We are all innocent We are, we are...

You'll have to let it go No... You'll stand up on your own
 * One day, you'll have to let it go**
 * One day, you'll stand up on your own**

Remember losing hope Remember feeling low Remember all the feelings and the day they stopped

We are, we are all innocent We are all innocent We are, we are...

We are, we are all innocent We are all innocent We are, we are...

We are (one day), we are all innocent We are all innocent (you'll have to let it go) We are, we are (you'll have to let it go, no..)

We are, we are (you'll stand up on your own) We are, we are all innocent (you'll stand up on your own..)
 * We are (one day), we are all innocent**

We are, we are all innocent

Edward: Forgive us our silly lies, Ivy. They were not meant to harm...Yes, I have risked. I hope I am always able to risk everything for the just and right cause! If we did not make this decision, we could never again call ourselves innocent. And that, in the end, is what we have protected here! Innocence! That, I'm not ready to give up. I cannot mount the gibbet like a saint. It is a fraud. I am not that man. My honesty is broke, Elizabeth; I am no good man. Nothing's spoiled by giving them this lie that were not rotten long before. (Miller, Act IV, 136). A man may think God sleeps, but God sees everything. I know it now (Miller, Act III, 110). media type="custom" key="229625" __Who I am hates who I've been- Relient K__ I watched the proverbial sunrise Coming up over the Pacific And you might think I'm losing my mind But I will shy away from the specifics

Cause then you'll see my heart In the saddest state it's ever been This is no place to try and live my life
 * Cause I don't want you to know where I am

Stop right there! That's exactly where I lost it See that line? Well, I never should've crossed it Stop right there! Well, I never should've said that It's the very moment that I wish that I could take back

I'm sorry for the person I became I'm sorry that it took so long for me to change I'm ready to be sure I never become that way again Cause who I am hates who I've been Who I am hates who I've been**

I talked to absolutely no one Couldn't keep to myself enough And the things bottled inside Had finally begun to create so much pressure That I'd soon blow up And I heard the reverberating footsteps Syncing up to the beating of my heart And I was positive that unless I got myself together I would watch me fall apart And I can't let that happen again Cause then you'll see my heart In the saddest day it's ever been This is no place to try and live my life Stop right there That's exactly where I lost it See that line? I never should've crossed it Stop right there I never should've said that It's the very moment that I wish that I could take back

Stop right there! That's exactly where I lost it See that line? Well, I never should've crossed it Stop right there! Well, I never should've said that It's the very moment that I wish that I could take back

I'm sorry for (Sorry for) the person I became I'm sorry that (Sorry that) it took so long for me to change I'm ready to (Ready to) be sure I never become that way again Cause who I am hates who I've been Who I am hates who I've been

And who I am will take the second chance You gave me Who I am hates who I've been Cause who I've been only ever made me**
 * Who I am hates who I've been

So sorry for (Sorry for) the person I became So sorry that (Sorry that) it took so long for me to change I'm ready to (Ready to) be sure I never become that way again Cause who I am hates who I've been Who I am hates who I've been And yet you've not confessed till now**.** That speak goodness in you (Miller, Act IV, 136).

It is necessary to prove that man is not even at present a vicious and detestable animal; and still more to prove that good management may greatly amend him...there are fair characters existing among the individuals of the race But Perhaps more persons are at a loss for the means of improving their minds and characters, than they are for the time or the inclination to do it The swiftness of these changes unsettled many, and society's new villain became the satanic child molester. Parents meant well, but their concern hurt the families accused And folks are brought before them, and if they scream and howl and fall to the floor--the person's clapped in jail for bewithcin' them (Miller, Act II, 52-53). You have to remember that in the mid-1980's, the mantra was 'believe the children’ Because innocence is favored I have always maintained that it is necessary to prove that man is Innocent As I thought I knew what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a task of more difficulty that I had imagined media type="custom" key="294841" __"Be Like That" by 3 Doors Down__ Watching the stars on the big screen, Then he lies awake and he wonders, Why can’t that be me Cause in his life he is filled With all these good intentions He’s left a lot of things He’d rather not mention right now But just before he says goodnight, He looks up with a little smile at me, And he says,**
 * He spends his nights in California,

I would give anything** Just to live one day, in those shoes If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do
 * If I could be like that,

Now and dreams we run She spends her days up in the north park, Watching the people as they pass And all she wants is just A little piece of this dream, Is that too much to ask With a safe home, and a warm bed, On a quiet little street Hold onto**, that’s all she needs Yeah!
 * All she wants is just that something to

If I could be like that, I would give anything Just to live one day, in those shoes If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do

I’m falling into this, dreams, We run away

If I could be like that, I would give anything Just to live one day, in those shoes If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do

If I could be like that, I would give anything Just to live one day, in those shoes If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do

I would give anything** Just to live one day, in those shoes
 * If I could be like that,

If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do I feel I am falling in, to this again.
 * Falling in

** Strange and bewildered looks repaid him for his courtesy. None, as on former occasions, aspired to the honor of walking by their pastor's side. A sad smile gleamed faintly from beneath the black veil, and flickered about his mouth, glimmering as he disappeared a simple black veil should become such a terrible thing when we expose ourselves our private versus public lives and secret sin we are seen for the first time A man will not cast away his good name, see her what she is catching a glimpse of his figure in the looking-glass, the black veil involved his own spirit in the horror with which it overwhelmed all others for the Earth, too, had on her Black Veil. that’s why you should let the world into the traits of your genuine character, as civil broils may otherwise tend to disguise or traduce it we must acknowledge fault, and strive for virtue

She would of been a good woman, The Misfit said, if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life, so journey away from the corrupution of civilization and the limits of rational thought, and toward integrity of nature and freedom of imagination so live, that the wings of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness, or lose thyself in the continuous woods go forth, under the open sky, and list Nature's teaching yet a few days, and thee The all beholding sun shall see no more with saddened heart and tearful eye, he was just commencing life as artful, cruel, and obdurate it availed him nothing to crouch, himself, and be sensible to the voice of a reproving conscience. but if the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God and shine into the heart of the people who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. to speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. Nature says--in the woods, is perpetual youth. In the woods we return to reason and faith. All mean egotism vanishes. In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages.



media type="custom" key="351303" __Mother Nature's Son by Glay__ Born a poor young country boy All day long I'm sitting singing songs for every one
 * Mother Nature's Son**

Sit beside a mountain stream See her waters rise Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies

Find me in my field of grass Mother Nature's Son swaying daisies sing a lazy song beneath the sun

Mother Nature's Son

So wear the colors of the spirit too long the clang of iron falls down the years. we are now men, and must not be minors and invalids in a protected corner, cowards fleeing before a revolution but guides, redeemers, and benefactors advancing on the Chaos and the Dark Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. accept the place of thyself. he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion. for we become every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh.

media type="custom" key="351357" __"Hey Jude" by The Beatles__




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 * My Rough Draft. All previous documents before the final product.**




 * //My personal philosophy: my life has taken many turns in the past few weeks. my friendships have changed, my family relationships altered, myself altered as well. I realized that we may want the bad part of us, the one that lies, or cheats, or gossips, to be gone forever, but it will always be a part of us; this does not mean we are doomed to be sinners forever, but just that it gives us a choice. We can choose to strive for goodness, or we can choose to ignore it. In other words, find a happy medium. My personal philosophy is to try to do what is right. Listen to others, be forgiving and compassionate. I myself acknowledge I will never perfect these skills, but I will keep trying my best.//

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"Innocent" by Our Lady Peace

Oh, johnny wishes he was famous Spends his time alone in the basement With Lennon and Cobain and A guitar and a stereo

And while he wishes he could escape this But it all seems so contagious Not to be yourself and faceless And a song that has no soul

I remember feeling low I remember losing hope And I remember all the feelings and the day they stopped

We are, we are all innocent We are all innocent We are, we are...

We are, we are all innocent We are all innocent We are, we are...

Oh, I dreamed of losing faith and what she knows And some music hits on the foreclose Thinks of surgery and a new nose And the galleries of war

And while she wishes she was a dancer And that shed never heard of cancer She wishes God would give her some answers And make her feel beautiful

I remember feeling low I remember losing hope I remember all the feelings and the day they stopped

We are, we are all innocent We are all innocent We are, we are...

We are, we are all innocent We are all innocent We are, we are...

One day, you'll have to let it go You'll have to let it go No... One day, you'll stand up on your own You'll stand up on your own

Remember losing hope Remember feeling low Remember all the feelings and the day they stopped

We are, we are all innocent We are all innocent We are, we are...

We are, we are all innocent We are all innocent We are, we are...

We are (one day), we are all innocent We are all innocent (you'll have to let it go) We are, we are (you'll have to let it go, no..)

We are (one day), we are all innocent We are, we are (you'll stand up on your own) We are, we are all innocent (you'll stand up on your own..)

We are, we are all innocent

even those who go wrong or astray can still be good. we are, in my opinion, all innocent until we make the choice not to be so. when we have condemned ourselves then we will be condemned by the world.

but why does the world condemns us? out of fear, anger, revenge? we, who are choose to be good, and continue to be good, become evil. we are made evil, even though goodness can reside within. Justice is Denied



"The swiftness of these changes unsettled many, and society's new villain became the satanic child molester." parents want to protect their children (protect or save the innocents gives you a feeling of goodness) parents meant well, but their concern hurt the families accused "'You have to remember that in the mid-1980's, the mantra was 'believe the children,' explains Dan Williams, who was Violet's and Cheryl's appeals lawyer."**
 * **Children** || **Adults** ||
 * **seen innocent, harmless** || **tainted** ||
 * **"angels"** || **exposed to horrors of the world and experienced them** ||
 * **pure and truthful (can't lie?)** || **lie (how do we know to believe them?)** ||
 * **automatic protective instinct for them** || **not pure** ||
 * who will we believe? = the children

innocence is favored weakness gains sympathy illness gives excuses those who have these "impairments" can often escape accusation. Like the child, and like the diseased, we perceive them through a image of goodness. Their evil actions have a reason, and so it is possible to escape consequence in the city, a town, or The Village.



Noah represents good (innocence) and evil all at once his disorder makes him childish, his child-like behavior makes him innocent his disorder makes him pitied his disorder, supposedly also causes him to commit evil acts. Because he is on the ID level he cries for what he wants and has no sense of restraint or remorse** puts down the knife, then takes it up again and stabs Lucius several more times. --- Mr. and Mrs. Percy are getting ready for a meeting. There is a thump as Noah sits down on the porch. Vivian: Noah? You'll be late for the meeting hall. Would you like your father to walk you there? Noah? They exit and look at him. He looks normal, until they come closer and he turns from his seat in the rocking chair, and they see blood all over his hands and clothes. Noah: Oh, the bad... the bad color. Oh. Bad color. Bad color! Bad color! He drools and taps at himself, distraught. Noah: Mama! --- A man bursts into the inquiries at the meeting hall and strides toward the elders. Man: I beg your pardon. Edward: What is it? Man: There's been an accident.
 * Lucius falls to the floor, groaning for God and for Ivy. Noah can't seem to make up his mind about what to do. He

Noah stabs Lucius because he was upset about Ivy and Lucius people claim it as an accident and not a murder attempt not treated in same regard as any other person- he is special, he is excusable for crime can we blame Noah for his actions due to his mental state? is it right and just to blame him, try him as any other man?

Elders try to build a world free of grief and pain through lies and committing evil acts to do the right things-- 'Edward: Forgive us our silly lies, Ivy. They were not meant to harm...Yes, I have risked. I hope I am always able to risk everything for the just and right cause! If we did not make this decision, we could never again call ourselves innocent. And that, in the end, is what we have protected here! Innocence! That, I'm not ready to give up."' when lies build, they will explode eventually, you become embroiled in the mess of them. when has it gone too far? when does the act of good through evil become all evil? ~Ivy- blindness=innocence, allowed to go to towns (an evil place/thing to do) for a good cause (save Lucius)

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"Be Like That" by 3 Doors Down He spends his nights in California, Watching the stars on the big screen, Then he lies awake and he wonders, Why can’t that be me Cause in his life he is filled With all these good intentions He’s left a lot of things He’d rather not mention right now But just before he says goodnight, He looks up with a little smile at me, And he says,

If I could be like that, I would give anything Just to live one day, in those shoes If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do

Now and dreams we run She spends her days up in the north park, Watching the people as they pass And all she wants is just A little piece of this dream, Is that too much to ask With a safe home, and a warm bed, On a quiet little street All she wants is just that something to Hold onto, that’s all she needs Yeah!

If I could be like that, I would give anything Just to live one day, in those shoes If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do

I’m falling into this, dreams, We run away

If I could be like that, I would give anything Just to live one day, in those shoes If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do

If I could be like that, I would give anything Just to live one day, in those shoes If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do

If I could be like that, I would give anything Just to live one day, in those shoes

If I could be like that, what would I do, What would I do Falling in I feel I am falling in, to this again.

we may have the best intentions in the world, but sometimes our best intentions go awry. "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" we strive for goodness .....when we choose to we become bad .....when we want to it is our decision to make- the devil or the angel?

a rold model that people can follow encourages us to do good things in life, to be just like them and while people will slip up, make stains on their lives, the desire to be good, the kind actions we make shows us as a good person who has done bad, but is not defined by it people can be bad, but most are not seen as all bad to others, especially when not all of a person is laid out in the eyes of civilization our weaknesses give us an excuse to escape, our secret sins protect us from judgment. private vs. public lives when we expose ourselves, when others expose us we lose our fake face or name sometimes, the name is the most identifying element for ourselves. it tells us who we are. when our name is tainted, so are we and all those before and after us. sometimes, people will do anything to protect ourselves, sometimes we will do anything for forgiveness though bad things may be done, we still seek redemption, some way to keep our good so that the bad does not define us does not consume our name, turn us evil, like Proctor in The Crucible.



John Proctor did bad things (lied, committed adultery) but held a good name in the town very high in society and felt remorse for his wrongdoings "He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!" (Miller, Act IV, 145) - said by Elizabeth Proctor "'I cannot mount the gibbet like a saint. It is a fraud. I am not that man. My honesty is broke, Elizabeth; I am no good man. Nothing's spoiled by giving them this lie that were not rotten long before.' 'And yet you've not confessed till now. That speak goodness in you'" (Miller, Act IV, 136) - Elizabeth and Proctor talking before decides to confess in court. "A man will not cast away his good name...A man may think God sleeps, but God sees everything. I know it now. I beg you, sir, I beg you--see her what she is" (Miller, Act III, 110) - Proctor confessing to lechery with Abby

names define, words condemn John Proctor has fallen, but is not consumed, and that makes all the difference our path in life is chosen by us though we may stray from the path into the "woods," we may always find our way back to that path of goodness for goodness never completely leaves us, we still desire our goodness

Abby commits evils acts but sets girls free of feminine mindset, makes them, and herself independent and powerful through her actions "...and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel. And folks are brought before them, and if they scream and howl and fall to the floor--the person's clapped in jail for bewithcin' them" (Miller, Act II, 52-53). Abby is as much a villain as she is a hero -"She is not as dependent on men, and asserts her power to get the man she wants instead of acting like the child he thinks she is. These changes in personality are seen at first as signs of sin or evil. yet, upon looking further, they show that Abby is going through a transformation that all women can relate to, or desire to go through" -My Act IV reader's log (feminism Point Of View)**




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Who I am hates who I've been- Relient K

I watched the proverbial sunrise Coming up over the Pacific And you might think I'm losing my mind But I will shy away from the specifics

Cause I don't want you to know where I am Cause then you'll see my heart In the saddest state it's ever been This is no place to try and live my life

Stop right there! That's exactly where I lost it See that line? Well, I never should've crossed it Stop right there! Well, I never should've said that It's the very moment that I wish that I could take back

I'm sorry for the person I became I'm sorry that it took so long for me to change I'm ready to be sure I never become that way again Cause who I am hates who I've been Who I am hates who I've been

I talked to absolutely no one Couldn't keep to myself enough And the things bottled inside Had finally begun to create so much pressure That I'd soon blow up And I heard the reverberating footsteps Syncing up to the beating of my heart And I was positive that unless I got myself together I would watch me fall apart And I can't let that happen again Cause then you'll see my heart In the saddest day it's ever been This is no place to try and live my life Stop right there That's exactly where I lost it See that line? I never should've crossed it Stop right there I never should've said that It's the very moment that I wish that I could take back

Stop right there! That's exactly where I lost it See that line? Well, I never should've crossed it Stop right there! Well, I never should've said that It's the very moment that I wish that I could take back

I'm sorry for (Sorry for) the person I became I'm sorry that (Sorry that) it took so long for me to change I'm ready to (Ready to) be sure I never become that way again Cause who I am hates who I've been Who I am hates who I've been

Who I am hates who I've been And who I am will take the second chance You gave me Who I am hates who I've been Cause who I've been only ever made me

So sorry for (Sorry for) the person I became So sorry that (Sorry that) it took so long for me to change I'm ready to (Ready to) be sure I never become that way again Cause who I am hates who I've been Who I am hates who I've been

//---//-People often regret their sins, their mistakes. our paths in life make us who we are, and if we look clearly we may not like what we see. this is why we hide our mistakes and cover up things that put us to shame. We veil our face. Seeing the world, but them not being able to see us for who we really are, only half of us, the part we choose them to see (most often the actions that make us look generouse, kind, etc.). that is, until we expose ourselves (in one way or another), like The Minister's Black Veil

"If ever another wedding were so dismal, it was that famous one where they tolled the wedding knell. After performing the ceremony, Mr. Hooper raised a glass of wine to his lips, wishing happiness to the new-married couple in a strain of mild pleasantry that ought to have brightened the features of the guests, like a cheerful gleam from the hearth. At that instant, catching a glimpse of his figure in the looking-glass, the black veil involved his own spirit in the horror with which it overwhelmed all others. His frame shuddered, his lips grew white, he spilt the untasted wine upon the carpet, and rushed forth into the darkness. For the Earth, too, had on her Black Veil."



Which do you think is creepier (more eerie). why?



My thoughts: the black veil is more eerie. there is no color in the picture except for the black-enshrouded figure, and the person seems to be looking right at me, but i cannot see his face. this fact makes him unknown, i can only wonder what he looks like. the color black I associate with more darkness and evil, so it gives me an almost grim reaper/death eater feeling about the figure. the white veil has color in the background, and very light, soft colors at that. plus, the person seems to me to be in a sad mood. the white veil makes me feel safer when i look at the picture. the figure doesn't seem to be looking right at me.

"Turning his veiled face from one group to another, he paid due reverence to the hoary heads, saluted the middle aged with kind dignity as their friend and spiritual guide, greeted the young with mingled authority and love, and laid his hands on the little children's heads to bless them. Such was always his custom on the Sabbath day. Strange and bewildered looks repaid him for his courtesy. None, as on former occasions, aspired to the honor of walking by their pastor's side. Old Squire Saunders, doubtless by an accidental lapse of memory, neglected to invite Mr. Hooper to his table, where the good clergyman had been wont to bless the food, almost every Sunday since his settlement...A sad smile gleamed faintly from beneath the black veil, and flickered about his mouth, glimmering as he disappeared. 'How strange,' said a lady, 'that a simple black veil, such as any woman might wear on her bonnet, should become such a terrible thing on Mr. Hooper's face!"'

known and unknown= when things familiar become unfamiliar, they become uncanny Mr. Hooper is a good man, but one simple change marks him fearful, uncanny to those who revered him by hiding his face the town feels he hides a secret, a sin for which he must pay yet he is still good Mr. Hooper, he is still holds his usual pattern of activity, but now his goodness is marked by unknown evil however, does that make him all evil? it is, once again, a choice of our own. if we hide our WHOLE selves, how can anyone truly know us and accept us? how can we even accept ourselves? we must acknowledge fault, and strive for virtue, a statement many enlightenment thinkers used



Ben Franklin: "Some men have been virtuous blindly, others have speculated fantasitcally, and others have been shrewd to bad purposes" "...as perhaps more persons are at a loss for the means of improving their minds and characters, than they are for the time or the inclination to do it." ...you should let the world into the traits of your genuine character, as civil broils may otherwise tend to disguise or traduce it." "I have always maintained that it is nevessary to prove that man is not even at present a vicious and detestable animal; and still more to prove that good management may greatly amend him...there are fair characters existing among the individuals of the race" "As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a task of more difficulty that I had imagined...in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another; habit took the advantage of inattention; inclination was sometimes to strong for reason"

virtue drives our moral compass. it is what drives us towards good decisions and kind actions. but it also shows the other side or immoral things. we can choose which way to go, to accept virtue or to reject it.



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sometimes we think we are virtuous or good, when we are not. and sometimes it takes a change in our world to show us the light. to reveal our faults so we can change, because "A Good Man, from the beginning to end, is Hard to Find".



"She would of been a good woman," The Misfit said, "if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life."**