HUAC hearings

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfKSykTPzA4

Act I reflection, The Crucible

Last week we talked a lot about The crucible and how it relates to the enormous anti-communist movement during the beginning of the Cold War.  From what I can see just in the first act of The Crucible, this story is directly reflective of the anti-communist movement in the early 1950s.  Many people throughout the government were questioned and interrogated about being communists and who they knew were communists.  In Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, many people were also questioned, but not about Communism.  they were questioned about witchcraft.  Many people had it in their head that many of the citizens of Salem were witches.  The same fever occurred again in the 1950s.  The country was paranoid about communists and they were scared of everything that could happen, therefore they persecuted many people and falsely accused many of them as communists because after long days of interrogation, they just gave the information that the interrogators wanted.  This same instance occurred in Salem, the citizens were so tired of being questioned that they just started naming people, especially those who were outcasts, as witches so they could get off themselves.  Both of these periods in history were very sad and should not have happened this way.  Many people were just scared, they could have handled their beliefs and fears.

Object Lesson

If you have ever seen a swiss army knife, you know that they have many appliances.  There is always a blade, and sometimes there are scissors, corkscrews, bottle-openers, tweezers, saws, or screwdrivers. There are infinite possibilities to the quantity and the variety of tools attached to the kinves. 
We are all like the tools in a pocket knife.  Everyone has a special purpose and a special skill.  Every tool is there to help others. Everyonw has a different job  and all are equally necessary and important.  God put us here to Love Him and to help other fellow Humans.  By remembering that we are all like a toll in a pocket knife can help us to remember to assist others whenever we can and that when we degrade others or hurt others, it cuts deep.