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__Personal Philosophy__ I want to prove everyone who has ever doubted me, or tried to bring me down, wrong. I want to prove everyone who has believed in me and helped me that they were correct in doing so. I want to hold onto my youth and childhood, but grow wiser and more mature at the same time. I know that whatever difficulties and obstacles I face along the way, will only make me stronger. Holding myself to high standards and not passing the blame to others will show my strength as a person.

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The fear, doubt, and intimidation I face in my path of life can only make me stronger. I will only learn from my mistakes and fears. This will only make me a better person as I try to be the best person that I can be.

=**How people react to the unknown or abnormal.**=


 * Unknown (Adj):** Not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar.


 * Abnormal (Adj):** Not normal, average, typical, or usual; deviating from a standard

//If you are walking around a dark corner, why are you scared?//



"Opening/Closing scenes set up fear, eeriness--forest!! You're a creature looking in." - Ben Knopf, Village discussion

"The forest is always a place of fear, like in the fairy tales we read." - Connor Ducey AP Journal



"Edward: Children... Those We Don't Speak Of, have not breached our borders in many years. We do NOT go into THEIR woods, they do NOT come into OUR valley. It is a truce. We do not threaten them. Why would they do this?" -Edward Walker, The Village

"The forest always represents something evil. In //Young Goodman Brown// the forest is where all of the evil things happen and in The Crucible the young girls dance and do witchcraft in the forest." - Connor Ducey AP Journal



"Some of the boys are at a place called "The Stump," where they are playing a game. Sort of like a test of manhood, they stand on the stump with their back to the woods at night, and see how long they can stay without getting scared." -The Village



"Hale, setting down his books: They must be; they are weighted with authority." - The Crucible (When talking about the weight of his witchcraft books.)

"Hale has power because he supposedly knows about witches and witchcraft, while the town doesn't." - Connor Ducey AP Journal



"Hale: No, no. Now let me instruct you. We cannot look to superstition in this. The devil is precise; the marks of his prescense are definite as stone." - The Crucible (When talking about witchcraft having to do with the sickness of the young girls)

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Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

//Let me please introduce myself Im a man of wealth and taste And I laid traps for troubadours Who get killed before they reached bombay Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah But whats puzzling you Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah But whats confusing you Is just the nature of my game Just as every cop is a criminal And all the sinners saints As heads is tails Just call me lucifer cause Im in need of some restraint So if you meet me Have some courtesy Have some sympathy, and some taste Use all your well-learned politesse Or Ill lay your soul to waste, um yeah//

Lucifer is a scapegoat for many things and in this song he is asking for some sympathy because of it. He is supposed to be at fault in Salem. He is obviously the unkown and abnormal to the townspeople and leaders. Lucifer and the witches are blamed for all of the evil deeds that took place in the small village in Massachusetts.

"No one does anything without a reason. Someone may think that they deserve to murder someone else, but that doesn't make them a bad person. They could still be a great father, mother, teacher or anything else. I guess it also depends on your personal moral outlook as well." - Rachel P, Class Blog



"I now understand what to me had been a most perplexing difficulty--to wit, the white man's power to enslave theblack man...From that moment, I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom." - Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, 42

Douglass never attempted to escape his owners early in his life because he was scared of being alone. He did not know what was out there, or how he would survive. He had never been on his own before so he had no idea how to take care of himself.



"In Salem, the "witches" were scapegoated to hide the fact that not everyone in their town was perfect." - Haley C, Class Blog



"The citizens of Salem are scared of the so-called witches because they do not know anything about the spirits or witchcraft. They can not see the spirits, so they are terrified...It is the unknown" - Connor Ducey AP Journal



"Yet, nearly every society that has ever existed has found a scapegoat; because it is much easier to blame society’s problems on a small group of people then try to solve the problems of society. Today many people use illegal immigrants as a scapegoat for society’s problems, saying that they take jobs from Americans." - Emily L, Class Blog





"I think this all comes down to the human desire to pass blame on someone else and leave themselves unscathed in difficult situations." - Rachel K, Class Blog

"Citizens in the US are so scared of the terrorists, because they do not know where they are and what they are doing. They are the unknown." - Connor Ducey AP Journal

media type="custom" key="229755" Empty Sky - Bruce Springsteen

//I woke up this morning I could barely breathe Just an empty impression In the bed there you used to be I want a kiss from your lips I want an eye for an eye I woke up this morning to an empty sky//

Americans are scared of terrorists more than anything. Why? Because as a people, they have no idea where they are. They are everywhere, they are no-where. They are the evil, unknown.



"When we get tired of either trying to overcome our flaws or accentuating them, we turn to blaming others for them. Now whether a society NEEDS a scapegoat is yet to be determined because having one removes the blame from the person at fault and allows them to be somewhat released from guilt." - Rachel P, Class Blog

"The people were really affraid of child abuse. It was like terrorism back then." - Connor Ducey AP Journal



"The accused people are scapegoats for a scared society. The society is scared of the abnormal sexual predators and they need a scapegoat for their fear." - Connor Ducey AP Journal

"Imagine trying to make a living in the United States while constantly being judged, ridiculed, and rejected in most aspects of life." - Connor Ducey, ALIS Paper

African Americans such as the Youngers from A Raisin in the Sun, Frederick Douglass, and the Angelous from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings have to overcome racism, prejudice, and lack of opportunity.

"Linder: 'Well I am a representative of the Clybourne Park Improvement Association...we have had it brought to our attention that you people--or at least your mother--has bought a piece of residential property at--four o six Clybourne Street...Well, I don't know how much you folks know about our organization. It is one of these community organizations set up to look after--oh, you know, things like block upkeep and special projects and we also have what we call our New Neighbors Orientation Committee...'

Beneatha (Drily): 'Yes-- and what do they do?'

Linder: 'Well--it's what you might call a sort of welcoming committee, I guess. I mean they, we, I'm the chairman of the committee--go around and see the new people who move into the neighborhood and sort of give them the lowdown on the way we do things out in Clybourne Park.'

Beneatha: (With appreciation of the two meanings, which escape Ruth and Walter) 'Un-huh'

Lindner: 'And we also have the category of what the association calls--uh--special community problems..I am sure you people must be aware of some of the incidents which have happened in various parts of the city when colored people have moved into certain areas--(Beneatha exhales heavily and starts tossing a piece of fruit up and down in the air) Well..not only do we deplore that kind of thing--but we are trying to do something about it..most of the trouble exists because people just don't sit down and talk to each other...that's the way we feel out in Clybourne park...Friendly like, you know, the way people should talk to each other and see if we couldn't find some way to work this thing out...Anybody can see that you are a nice family of folks, hard working and honest I'm sure. Today everybody knows what it means to be on the **outside of something**. And of course, there is always somebody who is out to take advantage of people who don't always understand.'

Walter: 'What do you mean?'

Lindner: 'Well--you see our community is made up of people who've worker hard as the dickens for years to build up that little community...But you've got to admit that a man, right or wrong, has the right to want to have the neighborhood he lives in a certain kind of way. **And at the moment the over-whelming majority of our people out there feel that people get along better, take more interest in life of the community, when they share a common backgrounde. I want you to believe me when I tell you that race prejudice simply doesn't enter into it. It is a matter of the people of Clybourne Park believing, rightly or wrongly, as I say, that for the happiness of all concerned that our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities**.'

Beneatha(with a grand a bitter gesture): This, friends, is the Welcoming Committee!

Lindner: 'You see-- in the face of all the things I have said, we are prepared to make you family a generous offer...'"

--A Raisin in the Sun, 96-98

The prejudice and stereo-types Lindner and the white community has towards the Younger family is one of the many forces trying to bring them down.

But the Younger family eventually fights through the prejudice from the Clybourne Park community, and occupies their house.

"'Walter: 'Well, what I mean is that we come from people who had a lot of pride. I mean--we are very proud people. And that's my sister over there and she's going to be a doctor--and we are very proud--'

Lindner: 'Well--I am sure that is very nice, but--'

Walter (Starting to cry and facing the man eye to eye): 'What I am telling you is that we called you over hear to tell you that we are very proud and that this--this is my son, who makes the sixth generation of our family in this country, and that we have decided to move into our house because my father--my father--he earned it. We don't want to make no trouble for anybody or fight no causes--but we will be good neighbors. That's all we got to say. We don't want your money.'

Lindner: I take it then that you have decided to occupy.

Beneatha: That's what the man said.'"

--A Raisin in the Sun, 127-128

The Younger family carrys out the occupation of the house in the white community although it is clear they are not wanted. They face their fears of whites and move into the house. They are proving to each other that they are a strong, proud family and do not want to let each other down. All of the difficulties with money and racism just makes them stronger.

"What makes a person "better" or superior to another human being?" - Ayla R, Class Discussion

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Where is the Love? - Black Eyed Peas

//What's wrong with the world mama? People living like aint got no mamas I think the whole worlds addicted to the drama Only attracted to the things that bring you trauma Overseas yeah we tryin to stop terrorism But we still got terrorists here livin In the USA the big CIA the Bloodz and the Crips and the KKK But if you only have love for your own race Then you only leave space to discriminate And to discriminate only generates hate And if you hatin you're bound to get irate Yeah madness is what you demonstrate And that's exactly how anger works and operates You gotta have love just to set it straight Take control of your mind and meditate Let your soul gravitate to the love y'all People killing people dying Children hurtin you hear them crying Can you practice what you preach Would you turn the other cheek? Father Father Father help us Send some guidance from above Cause people got me got me questioning Where is the love? It just ain't the same all ways have changed New days are strange is the world the insane? If love and peace so strong Why are there pieces of love that don't belong Nations dropping bombs Chemical gases filling lungs of little ones With ongoing suffering As the youth die young So ask yourself is the loving really strong? So I can ask myself really what is going wrong With this world that we living in People keep on giving in Makin wrong decisions Only visions of them livin and Not respecting each other Deny thy brother The wars' going on but the reasons' undercover The truth is kept secret Swept under the rug If you never know truth Then you never know love Where's the love y'all?(I don't know) Where's the truth y'all?(I don't know) Where's the love y'all?// //I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder As I'm getting older y'all people get colder Most of us only care about money makin Selfishness got us followin the wrong direction Wrong information always shown by the media Negative images is the main criteria Infecting their young minds faster than bacteria Kids wanna act like what the see in the cinema Whatever happened to the values of humanity Whatever happened to the fairness and equality Instead of spreading love, we're spreading anomosity Lack of understanding, leading us away from unity That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling under That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling down It's no wonder why sometimes I'm feeling under I gotta keep my faith alive, until love is found//

"...the Angelou family has to deal with an enormous amount of racism in the southern United States, just as the Youngers did. No matter where any member of the family goes, they have the chance of being heckled or harmed because of their skin color. The Angelous feel that no white people can be trusted due to all of the trouble they have given the African-American race." - Connor Ducey, ALIS Paper



“She didn’t cotton to the idea that whitefolks could be talked to at all without risking one’s life" - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, 47 "I (Maya Angelou) was always afraid when I saw him (Her father) watching me." - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 55

Maya meets her father very ubruptly for the first time and she is afraid of him because she knows nothing about him.

=CONCLUSION:=

People react to the unknown or abnormal with mainly fear, but with doubt, anxiety, and intimidation as well. Overall, people feel that not knowing about something, or something being different is a very bad thing. There would be very little fear in the world if everyone knew all about their enemies. The world would be a much more peaceful and caring place if there was no scapegoating of other peoples and countries. Nearly every war in history has been caused due to one society blaming another for problems and prejudice and discrimmination is caused by scapegoating.

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