Political Climate of the 1950s

Born and raised on a Wisconsin farm, McCarthy earned a law degree at Marquette University in 1935 and was elected as a circuit judge in 1939, the youngest in state history. At age 33, McCarthy volunteered for the United States Marine Corps and served during World War II. He successfully ran for the United States Senate in 1946, defeating Robert M. La Follette, Jr. After three largely undistinguished years in the Senate, McCarthy rose suddenly to national fame in February 1950 when he asserted in a speech that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who were employed in the State Department.  McCarthy was never able to prove his sensational charge.Ultimately, McCarthy's tactics and his inability to substantiate his claims led him to be censured by the United States Senate. In succeeding years, McCarthy made additional accusations of Communist infiltration into the State Department, the administration of President Harry S. Truman, Voice of America, and the United States Army. He also used charges of communism, communist sympathies, or disloyalty to attack a number of politicians and other individuals inside and outside of government. With the highly publicized Army–McCarthy hearings of 1954, McCarthy's support and popularity began to fade. On December 2, 1954, the Senate voted to censure Senator McCarthy by a vote of 67 to 22, making him one of the few senators ever to be disciplined in this fashion. McCarthy died in Bethesda Naval Hospital on May 2, 1957, at the age of 48. The official cause of death was acute hepatitis; it is widely accepted that this was exacerbated by alcoholism.


McCarthy seems to have have started out as a popular man. He made some poor choices and lost respect from a lot of people. He may be a bad man to a lot of people, and i do not think many people cared to give him a second chance.  He's seems to have done some unjust things. I do not think many people liked this man.

Drugs in the 1960s

My research paper was about the influence of drugs on the 1960s.  I enjoyed doing this research paper because i learned many things that i did not know about drugs and even the 60s.  I had no idea the effects that LSD had on people until i did  my paper.  It said that it is the most frightening drug out there.  I did not know it was so highly promoted by prestigious people and basically everyone had tried it.  Also i did not know that marijuana started out only being used by jazz musicians.  I had thought that only the hippies were  using drugs, but really it was musicians who started promoting it and everyone else picked it up along the way. The way drugs were used in the 60s and leading into the 70s is very mind blowing and i can even imagine if how different life would be if it were like that today.

Romantic Poem Reflection

The poem i want to reflect on is the one about the birds flying south for winter.  I really enjoyed that poem because you could see the beauty as you read along.  They way everything was described was very spiritual without being bold.  That is mostly what i enjoyed about it.  It gave off such a strong meaning of finding your own path and not letting others hinder your choices, but it never just came out and said that exactly.  To find the meaning you were looking for through in this poem you really have to look at it with an open mind.  It would be very easy to take a literal translation to it, but that is not what it is all about.

Connection with nature

I find that i connect with nature very well. I love flowers and i try to incorporate them into everything. I love how simply beautiful they are. I feel as if they can brighten up a room and hardly be noticed.  If i were to be one thing in nature i would choose to be a flower. They are all different but equally beautiful. They are not as noticeable as everything else in nature, but to me they stand out the most. I connected with flowers because they are simple yet they say a lot. They add spark to any situation and can fix any bad mood.  They are the fall back for a forgotten gift.  They are reliable and everyone finds joy in them. They simply are a gift to earth.

The ending to Poe

I'm falling, falling fast, down into the pit of nothingness. All my fears and regrets are blaring through my undeserving mind. My What ifs and if I only flow through my lips as i think back on my life.  I'm falling to my death, and the worst part is I haven't a clue as to when the end will come. With each minute feeling weaker and weaker; I can't help but think about my family and all that i should have told them, and maybe what i shouldn't have told them. At that instint i feel as if half of my body is being swept right from me. Disregarding it I think of the homeless man that i shewed away after asking me for my gloves on the coldest day of December. with that thought i feel even emptier than i previously had. Catching a glimpse i see what is left of what once i called my body. I want to scream but i cannot find it in myself to do so.  I realize that the cause is due to the awful whole going through my body. Without any desire more and more regrets come to my mind while more and more of my body disappears. Knowing i only have a few moments left before I shrivel away from the world i once called home, my biggest regret comes to my mind. I wish so badly i could tell them now that I n...

The Characters of the Crucible

I believe that each one of the characters in the crucible played a huge role throughout the play. If one character was left out of the script, the entire play would be different. It took the jealousy or wrath from one character towards another to form into the Salem Witch Trials. The ppsychological mix of character's is what made the play so interesting. The way they interacted with one another is not something we see on a day to day bases. These people did not treat each other like human beings, rather they acted as if they were all surrounded by a land of savages. Each one of them was on their own level of insecurity and could not wait to tear down someone in order to get the self-reassurance they so much desire. self-reassurance they so much desire. Due to the level of insecurity each character is faced with it is only a matter of time before they are ready to ruin their next victim.  Many would say that there are only three villains in this play, but to me i veiw everyone person a villain in their own way.  They all have something against another person that drives them to the point of insanity, and breaks them into nothing.

Puritan Life

This is a great reminder of how beautiful God is.  In order to create something so unique and beautiful takes someone who is greater than anyone can possibly imagine.  Not one single person could recreate this. By examining every flower you would not find two that were the same. That shows God's power He takes something as simple as on small flower and turns it into something breath taking.  God is ultimately the creator of everything and he makes everything great no matter how small or unimportant it may seem.  God will find the beauty in everything and expects us to do the same. He wants us to admire his creations and then in turn glorify him for being the creator of all things.

Squanto

Squanto helped the early settlers in many ways.  He helped them with their crops, and showed them good farming tools. He acted as their tour guide and showed them the ropes of the land. Most importantly he acted as a mediator between the settlers and the Native Americans. Without Squanto the relationship most likely would not have grown.  They needed him on their side to show the Native Americans they did not mean any harm. They simply wanted to search for gold, and it only makes sense that the Native Americans would feel intruded upon.  Thanks to squanto more hardships were avoided and both colonies could live more peacfully interacting with eachother.

Journals of discovery

This picture represent in a way the hardships of the early settlers journey. They had to do everything themselves, they did not have GPS systems to navigate them through their journey. They boarded on a ship  with not very much idea of what was coming next. They trusted their instics and their navigational skills to get them through this. That is one thing that we lack today is trust in our own selves. We rely so much on technology to get us through our everyday lives that we forget that there are some things we should figure out on our own.  The early americans spent weeks upon weeks boarded on a ship and did worry about what was coming next week or even the next day; they took it one day at a time and if they made it through one day it was an accomplishment.  That is another thing we should take from them is not worrying about our future. We should stop worrying about tomorrow or next week and work on getting through one day at a time

Native American Culture

Over the past few weeks I have learned many things about the Native Americans and their culture.  I learned that they appreciate culture and use it to symbolize and explain how things came to be.  They like to make up stories to better explaine the way life was created and often times nature will be a key element. They don't abuse it the way we do today and we could all learn something from reading about the Native Americans.  They are good examples of what a society should look like. They put their focus into showing love and respect to everyone and everything in their community. In our society today we don't take the time to treat evryone the way we actually want to, or look past material things and focus on the beauty in front of us.  If i could add one thing from the Native American's culture into today's I would want people to appreciate our nature and destroy it. The Native American's have proven to be a good example of what a society should be.